Array Digital Infrastructure (AD) Competitors

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) and Array Digital Infrastructure (NYSE:AD) are both communication companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASTS or AD?

61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Array Digital Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.2% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Array Digital Infrastructure shares are owned by 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.

Is ASTS or AD more profitable?

Array Digital Infrastructure has a net margin of -0.68% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -7,213.90%. Array Digital Infrastructure's return on equity of 1.67% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AST SpaceMobile	-7,213.90%	-26.81%	-16.51%
Array Digital Infrastructure	-0.68%	1.67%	0.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, ASTS or AD?

AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Array Digital Infrastructure has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ASTS or AD?

AST SpaceMobile currently has a consensus price target of $45.98, indicating a potential upside of 8.43%. Given AST SpaceMobile's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than Array Digital Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AST SpaceMobile	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Array Digital Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ASTS or AD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AST SpaceMobile	$4.42M	3,440.01	-$300.08M	-$1.89	-22.44
Array Digital Infrastructure	$3.77B	1.20	-$39M	-$0.30	-175.23

Does the media refer more to ASTS or AD?

In the previous week, AST SpaceMobile had 4 more articles in the media than Array Digital Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AST SpaceMobile and 3 mentions for Array Digital Infrastructure. AST SpaceMobile's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Array Digital Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that AST SpaceMobile is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AST SpaceMobile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Array Digital Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AST SpaceMobile beats Array Digital Infrastructure on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.