When it comes to space exploration stocks, most investors are already familiar with Intuitive Machines (LUNR). The company recently secured a $4.8 billion contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), despite its moon lander Odysseus tipping over earlier this year. For those looking to get in on the sector, AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) and Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) are two alternatives to LUNR that boast plenty of upside opportunity. ASTS was last seen trading near brea ...

Investors should stay grounded despite the stock price soaring into orbit.Many companies went public via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2020 and 2021. These public blank-check companies enabled private companies to avoid the slower and more rigorous initial public offering (IPO) process to hit the markets in a zero-percent interest rate environment that stoked investors' appetites for more speculative investments.Unfortunately, most of them haven't worked out. Many have since ...

AST SpaceMobile is a high-risk stock, but it is on the cusp of a very important business achievement.AST SpaceMobile (ASTS 0.41%) is about to go from a company with big dreams to one that is making its dreams a reality. This is a pivotal moment for the company and its partners, which includes telecom giants like AT&T (T -0.23%) and Verizon (VZ -0.16%). If you don't mind taking on high-risk investments, now is probably the time to start getting excited about AST SpaceMobile's long-term future.AST SpaceMobile ...

The developer of LEO satellites has been a red-hot stock over the past year.AST SpaceMobile (ASTS 0.41%) took investors on a wild ride after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 7, 2021. The low earth orbit (LEO) satellite developer's stock started trading at $11.63 on the first day, sank to around $2 this April, and skyrocketed to a record high of $38.60 on Aug. 19.As of this writing, AST's stock trades at about $26 with a market cap of $4.2 billion, which is ...

Technology and innovation are the backbone of the global economy and the U.S. stock market. While there are times when commodity stocks, old economy companies, and value-oriented stocks can outperform, history teaches us that the most robust gains come from disruptive companies within the technology sector. For example, Meta Platforms ((META) unique social media platforms caught fire in the 2000s and led to breathtaking profits for investors. Though Alphabet ((GOOGL) was not first in the search engine arena ...

AST SpaceMobile TodayASTSAST SpaceMobile$28.00 -1.84 (-6.17%) 52-Week Range$1.97▼$39.08Price Target$43.73Add to WatchlistAfter seven years, over 3,350 patent and patent-pending claims, and more than $1 billion, AST SpaceMobile Inc. NASDAQ: ASTS finally launched its Block 1 first five Bluebird satellites on September 12, 2024. The launch went without a hitch, and the satellites are now in low earth orbit. AST SpaceMobile plans to offer the world's first and only space-based satellite cellular broadband netwo ...

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Speculative investors' next great opportunities are (literally) out of this world.Historically, space exploration and putting satellites into orbit has been within the purview of government-funded agencies like NASA.That's changing, though. For-profit corporations can handle this work at least as cost-effectively as government-run organizations can. Elon Musk's SpaceX recently facilitated the world's first-ever private citizen spacewalk, for example, while Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is mainstreaming space tour ...

The space-based cellular provider has had a deluge of good news in 2024. Is now the time to buy?Over the past few months, AST SpaceMobile (ASTS 11.35%) stock has surged an astounding 971%. This growth came amid agreements with major telecommunications players such as AT&T and Verizon Communications, validating its position in the space-based cellular broadband network industry and providing much-needed capital for the up-and-coming company.AST SpaceMobile's collaboration with two leading communications prov ...

AST SpaceMobile's announced stock offerings already promise dilution of 17.5% -- and this is only the beginning.After going from $5 a share at the start of the year to less than half that by May to an all-time high north of $38 a share back in August, would-be satellite communications stock AST SpaceMobile (ASTS 11.35%) has taken its shareholders on a wild, wild ride in 2024.But buckle up, investors: This ride is far from over and it could get even bumpier in the quarters to come.Marvel at AST's amazingly b ...