iridium communications - IRDM

IRDM

Close Chg Chg %
17.15 0.40 2.33%

Open Market

17.55

+0.40 (2.33%)

Volume: 344.08K

Last Updated:

Dec 30, 2025, 11:22 AM EDT

Company Overview: iridium communications - IRDM

IRDM Key Data

Open

$17.20

Day Range

17.08 - 17.62

52 Week Range

15.65 - 34.45

Market Cap

$1.80B

Shares Outstanding

104.75M

Public Float

90.99M

Beta

0.61

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

15.06

EPS

$1.15

Yield

331.20%

Dividend

$0.15

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 15, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.99M

 

IRDM Performance

1 Week
 
-0.35%
 
1 Month
 
4.57%
 
3 Months
 
-8.58%
 
1 Year
 
-40.90%
 
5 Years
 
-56.39%
 

IRDM Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 9
Full Ratings ➔

About iridium communications - IRDM

Iridium Communications, Inc. operates as a commercial provider of communications services offering true global coverage, connecting people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. It offers its services to businesses, the U.S. and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers via satellite network, which has an architecture of operational satellites with in-orbit spares and related ground infrastructure. Its products include personal communicators, messengers, and trackers, satellite phones, push-to-talk-devices, broadband terminals, midband terminals, external antennas, docking stations, apps, accessories and developer tools & resources. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

IRDM At a Glance

Iridium Communications, Inc.
1750 Tysons Boulevard
McLean, Virginia 22102
Phone 1-703-287-7400 Revenue 830.68M
Industry Specialty Telecommunications Net Income 112.78M
Sector Communications 2024 Sales Growth 5.053%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 873
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IRDM Valuation

P/E Current 15.06
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 30.826
Price to Sales Ratio 4.185
Price to Book Ratio 5.554
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 9.25
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.764
Enterprise Value to Sales 6.248
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.348

IRDM Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 951,525.773
Income Per Employee 129,182.131
Receivables Turnover 8.407
Total Asset Turnover 0.312

IRDM Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.73
Quick Ratio 1.25
Cash Ratio 0.553

IRDM Profitability

Gross Margin 47.791
Operating Margin 24.496
Pretax Margin 13.216
Net Margin 13.576
Return on Assets 4.229
Return on Equity 15.399
Return on Total Capital 4.731
Return on Invested Capital 4.784

IRDM Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 313.366
Total Debt to Total Capital 75.808
Total Debt to Total Assets 67.64
Long-Term Debt to Equity 306.749
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 74.207
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Annual Financials for Iridium Communications - IRDM

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
614.50M 721.03M 790.72M 830.68M
Sales Growth
+5.32% +17.34% +9.67% +5.05%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
455.83M 504.63M 507.62M 433.69M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
305.43M 303.48M 282.50M 203.13M
Depreciation
303.83M 301.88M 281.00M 195.93M
Amortization of Intangibles
1.60M 1.60M 1.50M 7.20M
COGS Growth
+2.23% +10.71% +0.59% -14.56%
Gross Income
158.67M 216.40M 283.10M 396.99M
Gross Income Growth
+15.34% +36.38% +30.82% +40.23%
Gross Profit Margin
+25.82% +30.01% +35.80% +47.79%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
112.36M 139.72M 163.97M 193.50M
Research & Development
11.88M 16.22M 20.27M 28.42M
Other SG&A
100.47M 123.50M 143.71M 165.08M
SGA Growth
+10.06% +24.35% +17.36% +18.01%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
879.00K 1.19M 37.50M 3.10M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
45.44M 75.49M 81.63M 200.38M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(417.00K) 5.61M 15.95M 12.16M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 7.00M 11.93M 11.62M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - (1.50M)
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Interest Expense
73.91M 72.09M 102.32M 102.76M
Interest Expense Growth
-25.04% -2.46% +41.94% +0.43%
Gross Interest Expense
76.05M 74.68M 107.41M 107.80M
Interest Capitalized
2.15M 2.59M 5.09M 5.04M
Pretax Income
(28.89M) 9.01M (4.75M) 109.78M
Pretax Income Growth
+67.53% +131.20% -152.66% +2,412.70%
Pretax Margin
-4.70% +1.25% -0.60% +13.22%
Income Tax
(19.57M) 292.00K (26.25M) 12.26M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
(495.00K) 272.00K 1.03M 2.86M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
2.24M 1.21M 4.54M 2.84M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(20.80M) (1.56M) (31.54M) 6.98M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(519.00K) 371.00K (291.00K) (422.00K)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - (1.50M)
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(9.32M) 8.72M 15.41M 112.78M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(9.32M) 8.72M 15.41M 112.78M
Net Income Growth
+83.37% +193.59% +76.74% +631.60%
Net Margin Growth
-1.52% +1.21% +1.95% +13.58%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(9.32M) 8.72M 15.41M 112.78M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(9.32M) 8.72M 15.41M 112.78M
EPS (Basic)
-0.0698 0.068 0.1227 0.9512
EPS (Basic) Growth
+83.38% +197.42% +80.44% +675.22%
Basic Shares Outstanding
133.53M 128.25M 125.60M 118.57M
EPS (Diluted)
-0.0698 0.068 0.1212 0.9414
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+83.38% +197.42% +78.24% +676.73%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
133.53M 128.25M 127.22M 119.79M
EBITDA
351.75M 380.16M 401.63M 406.61M
EBITDA Growth
+3.86% +8.08% +5.65% +1.24%
EBITDA Margin
+57.24% +52.72% +50.79% +48.95%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 27.75
Number of Ratings 9 Current Quarters Estimate 0.236
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.051
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.35 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.94 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.108
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 10 4 10 10
Mean Estimate 0.24 0.25 1.05 1.11
High Estimates 0.27 0.29 1.09 1.38
Low Estimate 0.19 0.17 0.89 0.88
Coefficient of Variance 10.88 21.25 5.69 16.57

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 5 6
OVERWEIGHT 1 2 2
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Iridium Communications - IRDM

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 20, 2025 Kathleen A. Morgan CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER 55,818 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $33.58 per share 1,874,368.44
Feb 20, 2025 Eric T. Olson Director 137,557 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $34.03 per share 4,681,064.71
Feb 20, 2025 Eric T. Olson Director 141,307 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $7.05 per share 996,214.35
Feb 20, 2025 Eric T. Olson Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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