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ASTS vs. T, VZ, AMX, WBD, TME, CHT, TEF, VOD, FOXA, and FOX

Should you be buying AST SpaceMobile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AST SpaceMobile include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), America Movil (AMX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX).

AST SpaceMobile vs. Its Competitors

AT&T (NYSE:T) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

AT&T currently has a consensus target price of $30.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus target price of $45.27, indicating a potential downside of 44.25%. Given AT&T's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AT&T is more favorable than AST SpaceMobile.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AT&T
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
AST SpaceMobile
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AT&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AT&T$122.34B1.53$10.95B$1.7614.91
AST SpaceMobile$4.42M6,586.39-$300.08M-$1.89-42.96

AT&T has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, AT&T had 33 more articles in the media than AST SpaceMobile. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for AT&T and 44 mentions for AST SpaceMobile. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat AST SpaceMobile's score of 0.63 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AT&T
47 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AST SpaceMobile
15 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AT&T has a net margin of 10.29% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -7,213.90%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.36% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AT&T10.29% 13.36% 3.99%
AST SpaceMobile -7,213.90%-26.81%-16.51%

Summary

AT&T beats AST SpaceMobile on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ASTS vs. The Competition

MetricAST SpaceMobileWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.80B$16.42B$33.02B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.39%3.17%4.75%
P/E Ratio-42.96369.27501.3727.60
Price / Sales6,586.39552.512,009.18224.03
Price / CashN/A19.6737.7361.55
Price / Book36.0914.287.706.76
Net Income-$300.08M$224.12M$820.34M$275.88M
7 Day Performance22.73%5.49%1.83%2.81%
1 Month Performance119.99%18.19%9.24%9.24%
1 Year Performance259.13%49.81%24,029.39%35.42%

AST SpaceMobile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.6247 of 5 stars
$81.20
+8.6%
$45.27
-44.2%
+235.5%$26.80B$4.42M-42.96390Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
T
AT&T
4.795 of 5 stars
$27.55
-2.5%
$30.74
+11.6%
+20.0%$196.96B$123.98B15.65140,990Trending News
Analyst Forecast
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.8438 of 5 stars
$43.84
-0.3%
$47.53
+8.4%
-6.0%$184.82B$134.79B10.2299,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
AMX
America Movil
3.2992 of 5 stars
$20.74
-1.2%
$18.77
-9.5%
+31.9%$62.65B$47.69B22.07178,468Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.545 of 5 stars
$19.35
-0.9%
$14.64
-24.3%
+131.7%$47.91B$39.32B64.5035,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.7889 of 5 stars
$23.14
-0.9%
$24.47
+5.8%
+84.2%$39.70B$30.27B25.425,353Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.8384 of 5 stars
$43.85
+0.5%
N/A+14.0%$34.02B$7.16B28.6632,452Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEF
Telefonica
1.3019 of 5 stars
$5.07
-0.3%
N/A+4.3%$28.72B$40.69B-10.55100,870Analyst Forecast
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.8279 of 5 stars
$11.53
-0.6%
$136.00
+1,079.5%
+16.7%$27.80B$37.45B10.1192,000Analyst Forecast
FOXA
FOX
1.7628 of 5 stars
$61.89
-1.9%
$57.20
-7.6%
+44.7%$27.57B$16.30B12.6010,400Analyst Forecast
FOX
FOX
2.6494 of 5 stars
$55.95
-2.3%
N/A+39.6%$24.93B$16.30B11.4010,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ASTS) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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