Iridium Communications/$IRDM
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About Iridium Communications
Iridium Communications Inc is the commercial provider of communications services offering true globalised coverage, connecting people, organizations, and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. The company is a provider of mobile voice and data communications services through a constellation of low-earth-orbiting satellites. Iridium's solutions are ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation, and utilities. Iridium also provides service to subscribers from the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as other civil and government agencies world-wide. The Company operates in one business segment, providing satellite communications services and products.
- Ticker
- $IRDM
- Sector
- Communication
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 975
- Headquarters
- McLean, United States
- Website
- www.iridium.com
IRDM Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$4.8B
29.47
$1.52
0.85
$0.60
1.34%
Price and volume
Market cap
$4.8B
Beta
0.85
52-week high
$57.18
52-week low
$15.65
Average daily volume
905K
Dividend rate
$0.60
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.909
Quick ratio
0.642
Long term debt to equity
3.406
Total debt to equity
3.778
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
39.84%
Interest coverage (TTM)
1.89%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
394.014
Gross margin (TTM)
71.46%
Net profit margin (TTM)
18.06%
Operating margin (TTM)
19.00%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
11.95%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$930,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.81%
Return on equity (TTM)
31.74%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
29.474
Price to revenue (TTM)
5.285
Price to book
8.26
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-93.47
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
17.192
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.82%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.612
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.34%
Forward dividend yield
1.34%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
3.59%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
34.17%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
4.56%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.64%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
101.77%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
55.91%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
15.44%
What the Analysts think about IRDM
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Iridium Communications stock.
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Bulls say / Bears say
Billable subscribers rose 6% year on year, led by 9% growth in commercial IoT subscribers. That expanding base supports recurring service revenue, even as IoT revenue per subscriber has softened. (Iridium Communications)
Iridium is moving NTN Direct towards commercial use through mobile-network and chipset partners. Deutsche Telekom has made the service available to eligible IoT customers, while Altair is adding support to two cellular-IoT chipsets, widening the potential device market. (Deutsche Telekom, Iridium Communications)
The completed Aireon acquisition adds a space-based aircraft-surveillance business to Iridium’s communications network. Aireon-related hosted-payload and other data revenue helped lift third-quarter commercial service revenue, creating scope to broaden Iridium’s aviation offering. (Iridium Communications)
Underlying operating performance was weaker than the headline profit suggests: third-quarter operational EBITDA was slightly lower year on year, while operating income fell sharply. Net income included a one-off $103.9 million gain linked to the Aireon acquisition. (Iridium Communications, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Aireon has increased financial leverage: Iridium reported $2.1 billion of net debt and net leverage of 4.2 times trailing operational EBITDA at quarter-end. That debt load leaves less room to absorb weaker cash generation or higher financing costs. (Iridium Communications)
Several established services are losing momentum: commercial voice-and-data revenue fell 3% and broadband revenue fell 9% year on year in the quarter. IoT subscriber growth also came with a 4% decline in IoT revenue per subscriber, limiting the benefit of adding users. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 22 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing IRDM
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $IRDM weighting |
|---|---|---|
Vaneck Space Innovators£JEDG | $1.7B | 4.71% |
Vaneck Space Innovators€JEDI | $1.7B | 4.71% |
Invesco Defence Innovation£DFNX | $161M | 1.72% |
Invesco Defence Innovation$IDFN | $161M | 1.72% |
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.28% |
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