ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS has a slight edge over SOTK overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger valuation.
SOTK
Sono-Tek Corporation
SOTK has slightly lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
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.
SOTK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
SOTK'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.
SOTK PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 36x | $4.33 | — |
| Cheap | 38x | $4.61 | +6.4% |
| Fair | 48x | $5.82 | +34% |
| Forward | 51x | $4.33 | — |
| Expensive | 71x | $8.51 | +97% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SOTK's PE is in its cheap range at 36x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 51x next year's earnings, in its fair 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.
SOTK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect SOTK's earnings and profitability to decline, 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.
SOTK Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.08 | -29% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.12 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.13 | +44% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.11 | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.10 | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.10 | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.09 | -18% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.08 | -11% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.08 | +14% |
SOTK 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 SOTK 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.
SOTK Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.2M | +1.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.7M | +10% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.6M | +9.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $5M | -3.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.2M | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.1M | +2% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.1M | +7.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.2M | -8.8% |
SOTK's revenue is growing: $5M last quarter, up 1.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.3% | -0.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 16% | +6.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +5.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.4% | +2.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 8.2% | +2.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.4% | +4.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.6% | +5.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.8% | -8.8 points |
SOTK 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.
SOTK Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1M | +$1.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9M | +$2.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $3.1M | +$3.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1M | +5.9% |
| Q3 2025 | -$237.3K | +$338.8K |
| Q2 2025 | -$974.5K | -430% |
| Q1 2025 | -$740K | +$6.5K |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1M | +323% |
SOTK 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 | — |
SOTK Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +68.8K shares |
| 1 year | +0.5% | +74.5K shares |
| 3 years | +0.2% | +32.5K shares |
| 5 years | +1.3% | +204K shares |
| Available history | +2.8% | +434K shares |
SOTK has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
SOTK Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -3.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -5.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
SOTK 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).
SOTK Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 8.7 | Oversold |
SOTK's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 9 (oversold).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SOTK PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SOTK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 36x | 28x | 30% above |
| PE % | 8 | 35 | 27 pts below |
SOTK is trading at 36x earnings, a 30% premium 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 fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 2.8% above its 200-week average.
SOTK Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $5.39 | 20% below |
| 20 week MA | $5.24 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.73 | 8.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.30 | 0.7% above |
| 200 week MA | $4.61 | 6.1% below |
SOTK's trend is mixed: it's above one of its five weekly moving averages, and 6.1% 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.
SOTK Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.25 | $4.20 | +87% |
| 2021 | $4.20 | $6.77 | +61% |
| 2022 | $6.77 | $6.41 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | $6.41 | $5.41 | -16% |
| 2024 | $5.41 | $4.30 | -21% |
| 2025 | $4.30 | $4.06 | -5.6% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.06 | $4.33 | +6.7% |
SOTK has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.