“34 Cost of Revenues - Services Cost of service revenues of $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily attributable to labor costs and sales commissions in provision of services.”10-Q · Aug 10, 2026 ↗
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS
Market read
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Payroll and employee-related costs increased with headcount and stock-based compensation, adding a measurable cost driver as the business expands.
- Reported increase in interest expense tied to several newly recognized borrowings (named convertible notes and loans).
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ASTS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Payroll and employee-related costs increased with headcount and stock-based compensation, adding a measurable cost driver as the business expands.
- Reported increase in interest expense tied to several newly recognized borrowings (named convertible notes and loans).
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +1505.2% year over year.
- Net margin changed +6310.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- EV/sales is 48815% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
59.93Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“34 Cost of Revenues - Services Cost of service revenues of $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily attributable to labor costs and sales commissions in provision of services.”10-Q · Aug 10, 2026 ↗
“The increase in interest expense was largely due to an increase in interest expense recognized on the 2032 4.25% Convertible Notes we issued on January 27, 2025, partially offset by decreases in interest expense recognized on the 2034 Convertible Notes, which…”10-Q · Aug 11, 2025 ↗
“Our business is subject to extensive rules, regulations, statutes, orders and policies imposed by the government in the United States and by foreign jurisdictions.”10-K · Mar 2, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 216.3× · EV/sales 214.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ASTS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for ASTS. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ASTS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
VODVodafone Group Public Limited CompanypartnerMay 11, 2026 ▾
“We also have an agreement with Vodafone to provide SpaceMobile Services to Vodafone’s end users outside of the markets covered by our agreement with SatCo.”
TAT&T Inc.partnerMar 2, 2026 ▾
“We have entered into a space-based wireless connectivity agreement with AT&T to provide SpaceMobile Service to AT&T’s end users for use within the continental United States (excluding Alaska) and Hawaii.”
VZVerizon Communications Inc.partnerMar 2, 2026 ▾
“Definitive Commercial Agreements with MNOs Enabling Access to Key Markets and Potentially Large Number of Subscribers: We believe our definitive commercial agreements with AT&T and Verizon provide us a significant opportunity to provide SpaceMobile Service to…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ASTS is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Commercial Space. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.