ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
RSSS
Research Solutions, Inc.
RSSS has the edge over ASTS overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
ASTS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
ASTS's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
RSSS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
RSSS's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RSSS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 13x | $1.94 | — |
| Cheap | 15x | $1.38 | -29% |
| Fair | 22x | $2.00 | +2.9% |
| Current | 22x | $1.94 | — |
| Expensive | 86x | $7.77 | +300% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
RSSS's PE is in its fair range at 22x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 13x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
ASTS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ASTS's losses to grow, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
RSSS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect RSSS's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
ASTS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$2.15 | -$0.91 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.16 | -$0.27 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.80 | +$0.19 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.34 | +$0.61 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.24 | +$0.88 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.89 | -$0.64 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.99 | -$1.01 |
| Q4 2022 | -$0.58 | -$0.21 |
ASTS is still losing money, but far less than before: $2.15 per share over the past year, against $5.76 at its worst in mid-2021.
RSSS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.15 | +67% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.09 | +125% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.15 | +$0.28 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.13 | +$0.27 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.04 | +$0.11 |
| Q2 2025 | $0.04 | +$0.17 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.13 | -$0.10 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.14 | -$0.12 |
| Q3 2024 | -$0.07 | -$0.04 |
RSSS has the edge over ASTS on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ASTS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $42.3M | +187% |
| Q2 2026 | $31.5M | +2627% |
| Q1 2026 | $14.7M | +1952% |
| Q4 2025 | $54.3M | +2731% |
| Q3 2025 | $14.7M | +1240% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M | +28% |
| Q1 2025 | $718K | +44% |
| Q3 2022 | $4.2M | +70% |
ASTS has the edge over RSSS on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -415% | +694 points |
| Q2 2026 | -948% | +10744 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1686% | +7083 points |
| Q4 2025 | -175% | +2446 points |
| Q3 2025 | -1109% | +4850 points |
| Q2 2025 | -11692% | -4693 points |
| Q1 2025 | -8769% | +2331 points |
| Q4 2024 | -2621% | N/A |
ASTS's operating margin was −415% last quarter, up 694 points from the same quarter a year ago.
RSSS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $12.1M | -2.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $12.1M | -4.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $11.8M | -1% |
| Q3 2025 | $12.3M | +2.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $12.4M | +2.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $12.7M | +4.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $11.9M | +16% |
| Q3 2024 | $12M | +20% |
RSSS's revenue grew through 2024 and has held roughly level since: $12M last quarter, down 2.9% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 7% | -2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8.6% | +4.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.3% | +5.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.8% | +2.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.7% | +4.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 4.4% | +3.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.8% | +4.9 points |
| Q3 2024 | 5.4% | +16 points |
RSSS has the edge over ASTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ASTS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$464.2M | -$161.4M |
| Q2 2026 | -$694.8M | -$341.1M |
| Q1 2026 | -$309.7M | -$160.7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$330.7M | -$220.3M |
| Q3 2025 | -$302.9M | -$239.1M |
| Q2 2025 | -$353.6M | -$315.3M |
| Q1 2025 | -$149M | -$61.3M |
| Q4 2024 | -$110.5M | -$63.2M |
ASTS has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$1.8B over the past year, against −$916M the year before.
RSSS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $1.8M | -22% |
| Q1 2026 | $1M | -65% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.3M | +16% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.9M | +43% |
| Q2 2024 | $1.9M | +30% |
| Q1 2024 | $2M | +141% |
| Q4 2023 | $306.7K | -66% |
| Q3 2023 | -$789.4K | -850% |
RSSS has the edge over ASTS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
ASTS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +10% | +27.3M shares |
| 3 years | +235% | +211M shares |
| 5 years | +480% | +248M shares |
| Available history | +944% | +271M shares |
ASTS has 300M diluted shares, up 10% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
RSSS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.5% | -163K shares |
| 1 year | +2.4% | +769K shares |
| 3 years | +11% | +3.1M shares |
| 5 years | +24% | +6.3M shares |
| Available history | +34% | +8.2M shares |
RSSS has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $5,654 |
| Q1 2026 | $7,836 |
| Q4 2025 | $16,162 |
| Q3 2025 | $23,387 |
| Q2 2025 | $26,184 |
| Q1 2025 | $703,115 |
| Q4 2024 | $189,159 |
| Q3 2024 | $16,119 |
RSSS has spent almost nothing on buybacks in the past year.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
RSSS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -2.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -3.4x | Net Cash |
RSSS has more cash than debt.
ASTS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.9 | Oversold |
ASTS's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
RSSS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 15.3 | Oversold |
RSSS's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 15 (oversold).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RSSS PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | RSSS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 22x | 28x | 23% below |
| PE % | 46 | 35 | 11 pts above |
RSSS is trading at 22x earnings, a 23% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
ASTS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.9 | 23% below |
| 20 week MA | $57.1 | 40% below |
| 50 week MA | $75.5 | 54% below |
| 100 week MA | $57.8 | 40% below |
| 200 week MA | $33.6 | 2.8% above |
ASTS has the edge over RSSS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RSSS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.98 | 2% below |
| 20 week MA | $2.12 | 8.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.38 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $2.77 | 30% below |
| 200 week MA | $2.66 | 27% below |
RSSS is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 27% below its 200-week average.
ASTS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.87 | $13.4 | +36% |
| 2021 | $13.4 | $8.71 | -35% |
| 2022 | $8.71 | $3.97 | -54% |
| 2023 | $3.97 | $6.03 | +52% |
| 2024 | $6.03 | $22.9 | +280% |
| 2025 | $22.9 | $72.0 | +214% |
| 2026 YTD | $72.0 | $34.5 | -52% |
ASTS's yearly returns have swung widely, from +280% in 2024 to −54% in 2022. It's down 52% so far in 2026.
RSSS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3.29 | $2.27 | -31% |
| 2021 | $2.27 | $2.37 | +4.4% |
| 2022 | $2.37 | $1.99 | -16% |
| 2023 | $1.99 | $2.60 | +31% |
| 2024 | $2.60 | $4.14 | +59% |
| 2025 | $4.14 | $2.91 | -30% |
| 2026 YTD | $2.91 | $1.94 | -33% |
RSSS has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.