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

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), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefonica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group (VOD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), and FOX (FOXA).

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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

AT&T currently has a consensus target price of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.35%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus target price of $45.34, suggesting a potential downside of 21.80%. Given AT&T's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
AST SpaceMobile
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

AT&T has a net margin of 9.64% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -7,033.22%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.63% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AT&T9.64% 13.63% 4.08%
AST SpaceMobile -7,033.22%-23.56%-13.79%

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$122.93B1.58$10.95B$1.6316.52
AST SpaceMobile$4.64M3,958.20-$300.08M-$1.99-29.14

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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

AT&T has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AT&T had 44 more articles in the media than AST SpaceMobile. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for AT&T and 27 mentions for AST SpaceMobile. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat AST SpaceMobile's score of 0.85 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
48 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AST SpaceMobile
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$18.35B$13.52B$28.65B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A1.65%3.06%4.04%
P/E Ratio-29.1422.4633.6419.78
Price / Sales3,958.20307.521,800.0594.60
Price / CashN/A18.7538.0958.18
Price / Book25.7729.417.625.65
Net Income-$300.08M$203.49M$779.61M$257.97M
7 Day Performance27.20%2.23%2.60%3.74%
1 Month Performance26.21%3.89%7.92%11.95%
1 Year Performance351.56%33.33%52,883.03%19.22%

AST SpaceMobile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.5818 of 5 stars
$57.98
+0.9%
$45.34
-21.8%
+351.6%$18.35B$4.64M-29.14390News Coverage
Gap Down
T
AT&T
4.5453 of 5 stars
$27.16
+0.7%
$29.12
+7.2%
+40.8%$195.25B$122.34B16.65140,990Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.9448 of 5 stars
$41.63
+0.0%
$47.00
+12.9%
-2.0%$175.45B$134.79B9.9199,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
AMX
America Movil
2.1195 of 5 stars
$17.41
-0.7%
$16.78
-3.6%
-2.7%$52.76B$47.69B32.19178,468
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.3949 of 5 stars
$20.75
+4.8%
$16.60
-20.0%
+50.1%$35.59B$3.89B24.695,353News Coverage
Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.5949 of 5 stars
$44.46
-0.2%
N/A+20.2%$34.49B$7.16B29.8432,452News Coverage
TEF
Telefonica
1.2707 of 5 stars
$5.22
+0.1%
N/A+15.1%$29.57B$44.71B-13.72100,870
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.0679 of 5 stars
$12.03
+2.5%
$12.41
+3.2%
+47.1%$29.52B$38.34B-2.7335,000
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7217 of 5 stars
$10.89
+0.4%
N/A+21.3%$28.52B$39.39B9.5592,000Upcoming Earnings
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
1.8302 of 5 stars
$103.74
+0.4%
$103.00
-0.7%
+31.3%$25.86B$3.32B-259.236,800News Coverage
Positive News
FOXA
FOX
3.3494 of 5 stars
$55.95
+1.5%
$53.53
-4.3%
+52.5%$25.15B$13.98B13.9110,200News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ASTS) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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