Sharp decrease in ASTS’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

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Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. AST SpaceMobile Inc shares valued at $1,623,200 were sold by Yao Huiwen on Sep 16 ’25. At $40.58 per share, Yao Huiwen sold 40,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 4,750 shares worth approximately $0.41 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Yao Huiwen purchased 40,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,534,800 in proceeds.

Before that, Yao Huiwen had sold 16,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $768,640, the Chief Technology Officer traded AST SpaceMobile Inc shares for $48.04 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 16,000 shares, worth approximately $3.88 million.

As published in a research note from Scotiabank on October 07, 2025, AST SpaceMobile Inc [ASTS] has been rated down from a Sector perform to a Sector underperform. Analysts at UBS downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of August 21, 2025, William Blair has initiated its “Mkt perform” rating for ASTS. Earlier on June 25, 2025, BofA Securities initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for ASTS stock.

Analyzing ASTS Stock Performance

On last trading session, AST SpaceMobile Inc [NASDAQ: ASTS] rose 6.88% to $86.79. The stock’s lowest price that day was $80.61, but it reached a high of $88.6786 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 31.18%. Over the course of the year, AST SpaceMobile Inc shares have jumped approximately 248.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $91.41 on 10/08/25 and a 52-week low of $17.50 on 01/29/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for AST SpaceMobile Inc (ASTS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 82.04, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 77.29. In the upper region, resistance lies at 90.11. The next price resistance is at 93.43. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 85.71 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is AST SpaceMobile Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of AST SpaceMobile Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.22 million shares to 41.77 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 41.99 million shares. A decline of -0.53% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.68 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.68.

Which companies own the most shares of AST SpaceMobile Inc (ASTS)?

In terms of AST SpaceMobile Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 51.45 in the next 12 months, down nearly -36.64% from the previous closing price of $81.2. Analysts anticipate AST SpaceMobile Inc stock to reach 60 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 42.9. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked AST SpaceMobile Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 23, 2025, Scotiabank assigned a price target of “a Sector perform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $45.40.

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