Forget the AST SpaceMobile Deal: It’s Verizon (VZ) Stock’s Wildly Rare Quant Signal That’s the Showstopper

Group 1 - Verizon and AST SpaceMobile announced a landmark commercial deal to provide space-based cellular broadband service across the continental U.S. by 2026 [1] - Following the announcement, ASTS stock increased by 8.63% on the day and nearly 39% over the trailing week, while VZ stock fell more than 5% in the trailing five sessions [2] - The options market may present better short-term upside opportunities for VZ stock compared to ASTS [3] Group 2 - The Black-Scholes-Merton model is referenced as a framework for determining the theoretical "fair value" of derivative contracts, which can be applied to analyze VZ stock [7]