ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
WEX
WEX Inc.
WEX has the edge over ASTS overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
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.
WEX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Weak | |
| Weak |
WEX's revenue and profitability are currently healthy, but its cash flow and balance sheet are weak.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
WEX PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7.9x | $179 | — |
| Current | 15x | $179 | — |
| Cheap | 19x | $215 | +20% |
| Fair | 28x | $329 | +83% |
| Expensive | 53x | $610 | +240% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
WEX's PE is in its cheap range at 15x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 7.9x next year's earnings.
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.
WEX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for WEX, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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.
WEX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $22.68 | +96% |
| Q3 2026 | $11.59 | +51% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.01 | +27% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.88 | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $8.47 | +13% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.69 | -2.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $7.91 | +37% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.76 | +26% |
| Q4 2024 | $7.50 | +22% |
WEX 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 WEX 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.
WEX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $780.1M | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $753.5M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $673.8M | +5.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $672.9M | +5.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $691.8M | +4% |
| Q2 2025 | $659.6M | -2.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $636.6M | -2.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $636.5M | -4% |
WEX's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $780M last quarter, up 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 31% | +4.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 27% | +3.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | 23% | -1.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 25% | 0 points |
| Q3 2025 | 27% | -3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 24% | -1.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 25% | -0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 25% | +0.8 points |
WEX 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.
WEX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$58.2M | -117% |
| Q2 2026 | -$121.1M | -153% |
| Q1 2026 | -$368.3M | +$145.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $236.1M | -61% |
| Q3 2025 | $341.6M | +$373.3M |
| Q2 2025 | $230M | +$276.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$514.2M | -$326.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $599.7M | -17% |
WEX has the edge over ASTS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 | — |
WEX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.9% | -300K shares |
| 1 year | -0.6% | -200K shares |
| 3 years | -20% | -8.8M shares |
| 5 years | -24% | -10.7M shares |
| Available history | -21% | -9.2M shares |
WEX has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $203.6M |
| Q2 2026 | $63.8M |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $100,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $9.7M |
| Q1 2025 | $790M |
| Q4 2024 | $108.4M |
WEX spent $267M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 71% from the year before.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
WEX Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.7x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 4.4x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 5.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 4.3x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 4.6x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 5.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 5.3x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 4.0x | High |
WEX's net debt is about 4.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
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).
WEX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 52.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 41.5 | Neutral |
WEX's weekly RSI is 52 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 41 (neutral).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
WEX PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | WEX | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 15x | 28x | 44% below |
| PE % | 1 | 35 | 34 pts below |
WEX is trading at 15x earnings, a 44% 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 fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 2.8% above its 200-week average.
WEX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $180.7 | 0.7% below |
| 20 week MA | $181.5 | 1.1% below |
| 50 week MA | $163.9 | 9.5% above |
| 100 week MA | $158.9 | 13% above |
| 200 week MA | $175.3 | 2.4% above |
WEX has the edge over ASTS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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.
WEX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $209.4 | $203.5 | -2.8% |
| 2021 | $203.5 | $137.6 | -32% |
| 2022 | $137.6 | $161.9 | +18% |
| 2023 | $161.9 | $194.6 | +20% |
| 2024 | $194.6 | $173.1 | -11% |
| 2025 | $173.1 | $153.1 | -12% |
| 2026 YTD | $153.1 | $179.5 | +17% |
WEX has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.