Mission Monitor · NASDAQ

$ASTS thesis tracker

AST SpaceMobile — direct-to-smartphone from low Earth orbit. Track the launch, regulatory, earnings, analyst and financing events that move the bull/bear case.

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Thesis signal

Weighted from 5 tracked developments · leaning bear
◀ Bear17/100Bull ▶

Scans classify recent ASTS developments server-side with an AI model and re-score what's material. The needle is a heuristic on tracked headlines — a read, not a rating.

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Raw newswire headlines from public feeds — everything published about ASTS, before the scan decides what is material. Each headline carries a quick lexicon sentiment read.

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Key metrics

The hard numbers behind the thesis — fleet, cash, burn, positioning. Scans refresh these with the latest known values.

Satellites in orbit
13▲
BB11–13 deployed; ~45 needed for continuous service.
Cash & liquidity
~$3.7B▲
Pro-forma after the $1.15B convert — funds the near-term build.
Quarterly capex
~$610M▲
Rising spend shortens runway if launches slip further.
Quarterly revenue
$31.5M•
Missed ~$35M consensus; FY26 guide $150–200M.
Avg analyst PT
~$86▼
Range roughly $78–98 after post-print trims.
Short interest
~9% of float•
Elevated but not extreme; squeeze fuel on clean launches.
Carrier agreements
60+ (~3B subs)▲
Distribution moat if service actually lights up.
Revenue backlog
~$1.3B▲
Includes government awards and the $175M stc prepayment.
Market cap
~$24B•
Prices near-flawless execution against ~$31M quarterly revenue.

Trend history

How sentiment and the key numbers have moved across your last 0 scans. Each scan appends a snapshot, so you can see before/after changes.

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X (fintwit / $ASTS)—
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StockTwits—
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Reddit r/ASTSpaceMobile—
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YouTube / retail creators—
55
Seeking Alpha / substacks—
38

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Live scan feed

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Sentiment dashboard

Headline, social and scan sentiment over time (0 = very bearish, 50 = neutral, 100 = very bullish). Readings are saved in this browser.

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Head to head · ASTS vs peer

Live quote, headline sentiment and the latest news for both names, side by side. Refreshes with every scan. Apple's satellite partner — the closest listed direct-to-device comparable.

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ASTS price — daily & YTD

Today's moves in 5-minute steps against yesterday's close, with a typical one-day range up and down.

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Upside/downside is a one-standard-deviation move based on — annualised volatility this year — roughly a 2-in-3 chance the price stays inside it. Not advice.

ASTS short float & days to cover · Fintel

Fintel (Fintel first, then StockAnalysis, then Finviz). Short float is a reported percentage, not real-time short-sale volume.

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EPOCH — performance vs target

Each open holding's daily or monthly moves, and how far it is from its target — your take-profit if set, otherwise the analysts' average.

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Trading view

Every followed name on one board — live price, headline sentiment, analyst expectations and a plain read of what the scan implies. A heuristic, not advice.

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Trading strategy

Position size, stop-loss and take-profit built from realised volatility, headline and scan sentiment, and the consensus target — scaled to the risk you say you can take. A sizing heuristic, not advice.

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Source sweep

SEC filings, news feeds, StockTwits, Reddit, X and forums — refreshed on every scan.

News summary

Top headlines, social posts and SEC filings for ASTS and each stock you follow. Sign in to include your watchlist.

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Manual StockTwits feed

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    Manual X feed

    Paste posts from X — include the post link to save the author and a link back. Leave a blank line between posts to add several at once. The app guesses bull or bear; tap to correct it. These posts feed the sentiment dashboard and the live signals.

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      Social — StockTwits, Reddit, X & forums

      Recent ASTS posts with a quick sentiment read. Compare against past scans →

      SEC filings calendar

      Latest ASTS filings from SEC EDGAR. ★ marks a filing that lines up with a tracked development (same topic, within 4 days).

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      Risk dashboard

      Volatility, drawdown and sentiment for every name you hold or follow, measured against the S&P 500 over the last — sessions.

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      Portfolio optimizer

      Rebalances ASTS (sign in to add your watchlist) by volatility, headline sentiment and consensus upside, then replays the last window to compare drawdown and return against an equal-weight split. A heuristic, not investment advice.

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      Signal backtest

      Every past scan and live-signal change replayed against real ASTS closing prices. Bull reads go long, bear reads go short, and the results are checked 1, 5 and 10 trading days later. Past results don't guarantee future ones.

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      Live trading signals

      Buy/sell signals that update every minute. Each score mixes price trend (40%), sentiment (35%: headlines, social, your pasted posts and the scan) and analyst estimates (25%). Strong names get a larger share of your capital, scaled down for volatility like the optimizer, and your open positions decide the action. A rule of thumb, not investment advice.

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      Events calendar

      Earnings dates, regulatory filings and material news for ASTS, lined up with the automatic scan schedule.

      Ahead

      Nothing scheduled yet — the next earnings date appears once analysts publish it.

      Recent

      Aug 11, 2026
      news
      Street splits: BofA→$80, UBS→$78, Piper→$98, Cantor→$90
      Analyst · medium materiality
      Aug 10, 2026
      earnings
      Q2 revenue $31.5M misses ~$35M consensus; net loss $230.9M
      Earnings · high materiality
      Aug 5, 2026
      news
      BlueBird 11–13 launched on Falcon 9
      Launch · medium materiality
      Jul 28, 2026
      filing
      $1.15B 1.625% convertible notes raised
      Financing · medium materiality
      Jul 15, 2026
      filing
      Commercial direct-to-device service deferred to early 2027
      Regulatory · high materiality

      Social sentiment

      What retail is saying across the ASTS communities — direction, conviction and the narratives driving the chatter.

      46/100
      retail sentiment
      58% bullish chatterbuzz: high

      Retail stays structurally bullish on the constellation story but short-term frustrated: the Q2 miss and the early-2027 slip dominate the timeline debate, while launch cadence posts still rally the base.

      X (fintwit / $ASTS)
      buzz high
      58
      Cadence and BB launch threads drive the most engagement; bulls dominate reply volume.
      StockTwits
      buzz high
      62
      Message volume spikes around launch windows; sentiment reads bullish but momentum-driven.
      Reddit r/ASTSpaceMobile
      buzz moderate
      64
      Long-horizon holders; delay posts get pushback, dilution threads get the most debate.
      YouTube / retail creators
      buzz moderate
      55
      Coverage tracks catalysts; tone cools after each guidance push-out.
      Seeking Alpha / substacks
      buzz low
      38
      More skeptical: valuation vs. revenue and capex runway are the recurring critiques.
      Trending narratives
      Launch cadence is everythingEach successful Falcon 9 batch resets confidence in the 2027 service line.
      Sixth straight missTimeline credibility is the single most cited bear talking point.
      Dilution fatigueConvert + ATM chatter frames every raise as a repricing event.
      Government / defense optionalitySDA and MDA work is read as non-dilutive validation.
      Starlink D2C comparisonDebate over throughput edge vs. SpaceX's launch advantage.

      Sentiment is an AI-estimated read on public chatter, not a measured feed of every post. Treat it as a mood gauge.

      Competitive landscape

      Who else is chasing direct-to-device, and how much of the thesis each one threatens.

      SpaceX Starlink Direct-to-Cell
      In-house launch and scale; texting-class service live, broadband ambitions growing.
      High threat
      Globalstar / Apple
      Embedded emergency messaging in iPhone; owns the default-device channel.
      Medium threat
      Lynk Global
      Smaller constellation and funding base; narrow-band focus.
      Low threat
      EchoStar / terrestrial spectrum holders
      Spectrum deals can reshape carrier economics for D2D.
      Medium threat
      Iridium / legacy MSS
      Requires specialized devices — different market than unmodified phones.
      Low threat

      Bull pillars

      Regulatory runway
      FCC-authorized for a 248-satellite constellation and cleared for commercial direct-to-device over AT&T and Verizon US spectrum.
      Carrier moat
      60+ mobile-operator agreements reaching ~3B subscribers — AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, Bell, Telus, stc Group, American Tower.
      Backlog + government
      ~$1.3B revenue backlog; 8 US government contracts including an MDA SHIELD prime slot and a $30M SDA prime; $175M stc prepayment banked.
      Funded build-out
      ~$3.7B pro-forma liquidity after the July convert — enough to chase the 45–60 satellite service constellation.
      First-mover at scale
      Only operator running direct-to-standard-smartphone from low Earth orbit at this scale; targeting ~$1B in the first full commercial year.

      Bear pillars

      Chronic slippage
      Commercial service pushed from late 2026 to early 2027; six straight quarterly misses erode confidence in the timeline.
      Cash incineration
      Q2 capex ~$610M and rising; a 100+ satellite network needs years of heavy spend before service revenue scales.
      Dilution overhang
      $1.15B convert plus an active ATM; every raise reprices the equity even when terms look cheap.
      Launch dependency
      BB7 lost on ascent; New Glenn sidelined by an upper-stage explosion — deployment hinges on a handful of providers.
      Valuation vs. reality
      ~$24B market cap on ~$31M quarterly revenue; the price already embeds near-flawless execution.

      Watch triggers

      The specific events that flip the case — by category. What to look for when a headline lands.

      BB14–16 launch outcome
      Bull ▲ Clean deployment holds the ~45-sat early-2027 line
      Bear ▼ Any anomaly or scrub compounds the delay story
      Cadence hits 1 launch / 1–2 months
      Bull ▲ Proves the constellation can scale on schedule
      Bear ▼ Gaps push continuous service further right
      New Glenn returns to flight
      Bull ▲ Restores a second heavy-lift path
      Bear ▼ Extended grounding keeps all weight on Falcon 9

      Upcoming catalysts

      Dated events on the horizon. Each one is a scheduled test of the timeline.

      Q4 2026LaunchBlueBird 14–16 launch (Falcon 9)
      ~Nov 2026EarningsQ3 2026 earnings
      2H 2026LaunchNon-commercial beta in select markets
      Early 2027Launch~45 satellites → continuous service (US / EU / Japan)
      Early 2027RegulatoryCommercial direct-to-device launch
      OngoingEarningsUS government contract milestones (Q4-weighted)

      Development feed

      Baseline seeded from the latest known developments (as of Aug 25, 2026). Hit Scan for updates to pull fresh news and flag what's new.

      Earningsbearhigh impactAug 10, 2026
      Q2 revenue $31.5M misses ~$35M consensus; net loss $230.9M
      Sixth straight miss; a $125.9M involuntary-conversion charge on the lost BB7 satellite drove the shortfall.
      Thesis: Reinforces execution-risk bear case; FY26 guide reaffirmed at $150–200M.
      Confidence
      42% · low
      • Sixth consecutive revenue miss vs consensus
      • $125.9M involuntary-conversion charge on lost BB7
      • FY26 guide reaffirmed, not cut
      Could be wrong if: Reaffirmed guidance could mean the miss is timing, not demand.
      Analystbearmedium impactAug 11, 2026
      Street splits: BofA→$80, UBS→$78, Piper→$98, Cantor→$90
      Targets trimmed at several shops after the print, though most still sit above the current price.
      Thesis: Consensus drifting down but not capitulating; ~$78–91 average.
      Confidence
      55% · medium
      • Four separate PT cuts in one week
      • Most targets still sit above spot
      • No downgrades to sell
      Could be wrong if: Targets above price arguably read bullish, not bearish.
      Financingbearmedium impactJul 28, 2026
      $1.15B 1.625% convertible notes raised
      New converts lift pro-forma liquidity above $3.7B; management pegs effective dilution under 2%.
      Thesis: Funds the build but adds the dilution overhang investors flagged.
      Confidence
      72% · medium
      • Adds dilution on top of prior raises
      • Low 1.625% coupon is cheap capital
      • Liquidity now >$3.7B
      Could be wrong if: Cheap converts at a high stock price can be accretive financing.
      Regulatorybearhigh impactJul 15, 2026
      Commercial direct-to-device service deferred to early 2027
      Timeline slips from late 2026 after launch-vehicle disruptions, including the New Glenn setback.
      Thesis: Central to the slippage narrative weighing on the stock.
      Confidence
      88% · high
      • Second timeline push-out in 12 months
      • Launch-vehicle dependency outside company control
      • Delays revenue recognition into 2027
      Could be wrong if: Slip is vehicle-driven, not a technical failure of the payload.
      Launchbullmedium impactAug 5, 2026
      BlueBird 11–13 launched on Falcon 9
      Successful deployment brings the fleet to 13 spacecraft, executing the pivot to SpaceX.
      Thesis: Shows the constellation can keep moving on the SpaceX path.
      Confidence
      80% · high
      • Fleet reaches 13 operational spacecraft
      • Validates the SpaceX launch pivot
      • Cadence needed for ~45-sat service tier
      Could be wrong if: 13 of ~45 still leaves continuous service far off.