AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) company profile
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $13.43BP/E –Yield –
About AST SpaceMobile
Communications Services, NEC, SIC 4899
AST SpaceMobile develops a space-based cellular broadband network designed to connect directly to standard, unmodified smartphones and mobile devices without requiring specialized hardware. The company’s planned SpaceMobile Service utilizes a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites with large phased-array antennas to deliver voice, text, data, and video connectivity to users located outside terrestrial cellular range. Alongside commercial direct-to-device communications, the company provides mission-critical communication and non-communication services to the United States government and sells ground gateway equipment, software, and integration services. Its primary commercial customers are mobile network operators, who partner with the company under revenue-sharing arrangements to extend cellular coverage to their existing mobile subscribers.
The enterprise maintains an international presence with satellite assembly, integration, and testing operations, as well as engineering and development centers, across the United States, Spain, Israel, India, and Scotland, spanning approximately 450,000 square feet of global facility space. The company is headquartered in Texas.
Summary of the business section of AST SpaceMobile's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Midland, TX
- Address
- Midland Intl. Air & Space Port, 2901 Enterprise Lane 79706
- Phone
- (432) 276-3966
- Website
- ast-science.com
- Employees
- 1,126, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Communications Services, NEC
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Miami, Florida
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- ASTS
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Sep 12, 2019
- Shares outstanding
- 389M, Aug 6, 2026
- Public float
- $11.66B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1780312
- CUSIP
- 00217D100
- ISIN
- US00217D1000
- FIGI
- BBG00Q402TR2
- Share class FIGI
- BBG00Q402TS1
- LEI
- 254900MBSC9P2UCI6623
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Martin Johnson | CFO and CLO, Director | 556,484 |
| Abel Antonio Avellan | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 156,855,287 |
| Maya Bernal | Chief Accounting Officer | 128,514 |
| Wayne Thorsen | EVP & Chief Commercial Officer | 200,000 |
| Huiwen Yao | Chief Technology Officer | 34,750 |
| Shanti B. Gupta | Chief Operating Officer | 462,980 |
| Christopher Edward Turco | EVP and Chief of Staff | 200,500 |
| Scott Wisniewski | President | 782,443 |
| Adriana Cisneros | Director | 3,167,162 |
| Johan Wibergh | Director | 30,917 |
| Julio A. Torres | Director | 45,363 |
| Ronald L. Rubin | Director | 73,363 |
| Richard Sarnoff | Director | 80,363 |
| Keith R. Larson | Director | 2,015 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $14.22M | $18.16M | $7.30M | $615 | $103 |
| FY2021 | $9.00K | $9.00K | $1.43M | $67 | $101 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Avellan Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | – | – | $14.22M | – | – | $14.22M | – |
| Andrew Johnson Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Legal Officer | $250.00K | – | $8.84M | $475.00K | $64.94K | $9.63M | +242% |
| Scott Wisniewski President, Chief Strategy Officer | $250.00K | – | $8.84M | $475.00K | $150 | $9.57M | +270% |
| Shanti Gupta Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | $250.00K | – | $8.84M | $475.00K | $225 | $9.57M | +188% |
| Dr. Huiwen Yao Chief Technology Officer | $250.00K | $150.00K | – | – | $16.77K | $416.77K | +57% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
SPAC offering
- Type
- SPAC (blank check) IPO of units
- Final prospectus filed
- Sep 12, 2019
- Offer price
- $10.00
- Securities offered
- 20,000,000
- Gross proceeds
- $200.00M
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- First trading day
- Nov 1, 2019
- First-day close
- $9.77-2.3%
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Apr 29, 2020
“Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of our Class A common stock and one -half of one redeemable warrant.”
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 1,126 full-time and part-time employees worldwide, which included approximately 708 employees in the U.S.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2024 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| May 18, 2021 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Name change | Name changed from New Providence Acquisition Corp. to AST SpaceMobile, Inc. |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Merger vote | Definitive merger proxy statement |
| Sep 12, 2019 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
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