AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Capital Expenditures (2020 - 2026)

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) reported Capital Expenditures of $261.6 million for Q1 2026, up 117.17% year-over-year from $120.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 33.89% quarter-over-quarter from $395.7 million in Q4 2025.

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Capital Expenditures (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) has 7 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $261.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 came in at $261.6 million, up 117.17% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (up 372.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.1 billion, up 511.47% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures declined to $261.6 million in Q1 2026 per ASTS's latest filing, from $395.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Capital Expenditures peaked at $395.7 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $4.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $98.6 million and a median of $30.3 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Capital Expenditures.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Capital Expenditures plunged 73.79% in 2023, then jumped 1297.02% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $11.4 million in 2022, then surged by 95.43% to $22.3 million in 2023, then surged by 267.12% to $82.0 million in 2024, then soared by 382.37% to $395.7 million in 2025, then slumped by 33.89% to $261.6 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ASTS's Capital Expenditures at $261.6 million in Q1 2026, $395.7 million in Q4 2025, and $238.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 414.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 73.89 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 62.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 569.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 124.70 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 12.44 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 261.60 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 58.23 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 13.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 5.90 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 261.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 261.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 395.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 395.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 238.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 238.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 310.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 310.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 120.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 120.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 82.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 82.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 30.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 30.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 22.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 22.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 39.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 39.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 22.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 22.35 Mn