Shares of AST SpaceMobile rose to $57.8 during today's afternoon trading session. Despite the 9.8% change, the Large-Cap Communication Equipment company still trades 27.47% above its average analyst target price of $45.34. So there may be further downside for the Communication Equipment stock. AST SpaceMobile has target prices ranging from $30.0 to $64.0 per share, and its average rating is buy.
The stock has an unusually large proportion of its shares sold short at 22.6%, and a short ratio of 3.04. The company's insiders own 19.1% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that only a small number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 37.5% of AST SpaceMobile's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in AST SpaceMobile
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Rakuten Group, Inc. | 13% | 31,020,155 | $1,792,964,935 |
| 2025-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 6% | 14,461,249 | $835,860,181 |
| 2025-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 5% | 11,497,824 | $664,574,218 |
| 2025-03-31 | Alphabet Inc. | 4% | 8,943,486 | $516,933,483 |
| 2025-03-31 | Shaw D.E. & Co., Inc. | 2% | 4,996,669 | $288,807,464 |
| 2025-03-31 | Broad Run Investment Management, LLC | 2% | 3,756,229 | $217,110,033 |
| 2025-03-31 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 3,629,597 | $209,790,703 |
| 2025-03-31 | Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1% | 3,509,630 | $202,856,611 |
| 2025-03-31 | State Street Corporation | 1% | 3,500,232 | $202,313,406 |
| 2025-03-31 | Morgan Stanley | 1% | 3,123,394 | $180,532,170 |
Besides an analyst belief that shares are overpriced, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on AST SpaceMobile.
