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

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), FOX (FOXA), and TELUS (TU).

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

AT&T presently has a consensus price target of $30.21, indicating a potential upside of 5.18%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $48.41, indicating a potential upside of 3.22%. 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
AST SpaceMobile
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, AT&T had 54 more articles in the media than AST SpaceMobile. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for AT&T and 25 mentions for AST SpaceMobile. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat AST SpaceMobile's score of 0.76 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
42 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AST SpaceMobile
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

57.1% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AT&T has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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$122.34B1.68$10.95B$1.7616.32
AST SpaceMobile$4.42M3,358.52-$300.08M-$1.89-24.82

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ASTS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$14.83B$14.13B$29.59B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%3.10%4.09%
P/E Ratio-24.80348.1854.5425.96
Price / Sales3,358.52260.861,254.36122.90
Price / CashN/A18.1335.3358.38
Price / Book12.8232.709.566.38
Net Income-$300.08M$197.00M$805.43M$265.56M
7 Day Performance-2.45%2.91%1.43%1.81%
1 Month Performance-17.84%7.61%-0.26%1.14%
1 Year Performance37.39%13.11%24,107.62%20.98%

AST SpaceMobile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.9774 of 5 stars
$46.97
+4.4%
$48.41
+3.1%
+23.4%$14.81B$4.42M-24.76390Analyst Forecast
T
AT&T
4.4371 of 5 stars
$28.91
+0.1%
$30.21
+4.5%
+50.7%$206.64B$122.34B16.42140,990
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.7024 of 5 stars
$44.38
+0.3%
$47.35
+6.7%
+9.7%$187.06B$134.79B10.3499,600Positive News
AMX
America Movil
2.9632 of 5 stars
$19.10
+0.0%
$18.12
-5.1%
+13.4%$57.70B$47.69B20.32178,468Positive News
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.8895 of 5 stars
$25.51
-0.2%
$24.47
-4.1%
+139.1%$43.82B$3.89B28.065,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.8286 of 5 stars
$45.36
+1.0%
N/A+17.9%$35.19B$7.16B29.6532,452Positive News
TEF
Telefonica
1.686 of 5 stars
$5.66
+0.4%
N/A+20.2%$32.06B$44.71B-11.78100,870News Coverage
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.8122 of 5 stars
$11.85
0.0%
$13.14
+10.9%
+50.9%$29.25B$39.32B39.3835,000Positive News
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7704 of 5 stars
$11.73
+0.5%
$136.00
+1,059.9%
+23.9%$28.44B$39.39B10.2892,000
FOXA
FOX
2.6252 of 5 stars
$57.75
-1.0%
$56.20
-2.7%
+46.1%$25.72B$16.30B11.7610,400Positive News
TU
TELUS
3.0637 of 5 stars
$16.46
+0.5%
$21.50
+30.7%
+4.3%$25.08B$14.88B35.75106,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ASTS) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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