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ASTS AST SPACEMOBILE INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 00217D100 · Space & Defense Tech · Sector: Media & Telecom

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
729
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+47
Last quarter 682 → now 729
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 94% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

729 funds held ASTS at the end of 2026Q2, up 47 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 94.1% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. ASTS has had 11 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +24.3% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Media & Telecom sector, tagged Space & Defense Tech.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2021Q2: holders=70 2021Q3: holders=77 2021Q4: holders=82 2022Q1: holders=83 2022Q2: holders=81 2022Q3: holders=85 2022Q4: holders=109 2023Q1: holders=104 2023Q2: holders=131 2023Q3: holders=122 2023Q4: holders=130 2024Q1: holders=142 2024Q2: holders=172 2024Q3: holders=255 2024Q4: holders=261 2025Q1: holders=287 2025Q2: holders=365 2025Q3: holders=392 2025Q4: holders=540 2026Q1: holders=682 2026Q2: holders=729 -148 -74 +0 +74 +148 63415766 21Q221Q422Q222Q423Q223Q424Q224Q425Q225Q426Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 11 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10%
2026Q1 Top 1% in the market
2025Q4 Top 5% +3.7%
2025Q3 Top 20% +52.7% +58.3%
2025Q2 Top 5% +27.5% +75.3%
2025Q1 Top 10% +82.6% +130.0%
2024Q3 Top 5% +11.0% -5.4%
2024Q2 Top 10% -13.6% +0.5%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
242
Change in large funds
+15
Total value they hold
$16.0B
Funds buying for the first time
180
Funds that sold out entirely
133
Price change that quarter
-28.1%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
41
Funds holding calls (bullish)
59

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

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