AST SpaceMobile Short-term investment securities (includes restricted investments of consolidated variable interest entities: 2026, $85; 2025, $84) increased by 40.0% to $2.80B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 228.0%, from $853.60M to $2.80B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Short-term investment securities (includes restricted investments of consolidated variable interest entities: 2026, $85; 2025, $84) shows an upward trend with a 58.8% CAGR.
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non_current_assets_short_term_investments| Q2 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $397.00M | $314.70M | $247.00M | $192.70M | $191.70M | $230.70M | $178.50M | $182.10M | $118.40M | $69.70M | $198.90M | $259.40M | $430.30M | $510.40M | $853.60M | $792.40M | $1.18B | $2.00B | $2.80B |
| QoQ Change | — | -20.7% | -21.5% | -22.0% | -0.5% | +20.3% | -22.6% | +2.0% | -35.0% | -41.1% | +185.4% | +30.4% | +65.9% | +18.6% | +67.2% | -7.2% | +48.8% | +69.6% | +40.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -51.5% | — | -26.7% | -27.7% | -5.5% | -38.2% | -69.8% | +11.4% | +42.4% | +263.4% | +632.3% | +329.2% | +205.5% | +174.1% | +291.8% | +228.0% |