Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM
46.65 USD -0.64 (-1.35%)
Nov 12, 2026, 1:17 PM EST
46.49 Day range 47.32
15.65 52-week range 57.18
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- +168.41%
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- +176.85%
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benzinga.com Rocket Lab CEO Takes a Swipe at Elon Musk, Explains Why Neutron Gives Company an Edge Over SpaceX: ‘First Priority Is…’ Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck says Neutron could compete with Starship, while space services—not launches—offer a potential $1T market.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Stock Rebounds Into Earnings: Q3 Still Needs to Deliver Rocket Lab shares have rallied more than 25% in two sessions ahead of Monday’s Q3 report. Investors want a firmer Neutron timeline, margin clarity, an Iridium update and a read on defense demand.
benzinga.com Iridium Comms Q3 EPS $0.98 Beats $0.35 Estimate, Sales $245.733M Beat $236.303M Estimate Iridium Comms (NASDAQ:IRDM) reported quarterly earnings of $0.98 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.35 by 180 percent. This is a 180 percent increase over earnings of $0.35 per…
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Stock Climbs: What's Happening? Rocket Lab shares are climbing Monday. Cantor Fitzgerald maintained an Overweight rating and kept its price target in place.
benzinga.com AST SpaceMobile Welcomes European LoI Signed By Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica And Vodafone To Explore A Potential Joint Bid For Mobile Satellite Services Spectrum The collaboration among Europe’s four largest mobile network operators is expected to accelerate network integration, improve the customer experience and extend coverage into areas without reliable…
benzinga.com Shay Boloor Loads Up on Rocket Lab Stock, Says He Understands the Starlink Premium, but Market Is ‘Absolutely Underappreciating’ the SpaceX Rival Shay Boloor loaded up on Rocket Lab Thursday, believing it’s underappreciated next to SpaceX’s far higher valuation.
benzinga.com Iridium Communications Says Altair Semiconductor Integrates Iridium NTN Direct Capability Into Altair's ALT1350 And Next-Generation ALT1550 IoT Chipset Platforms Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, aircraft surveillance, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced that…
benzinga.com Why Is Rocket Lab Stock Falling Today? Rocket Lab Stock slips premarket as investors weigh Iridium funding, recent catalysts and broader pressure on growth stocks.
benzinga.com What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock Friday? Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock rises as Iridium shareholders approve its deal. Explore funding, key technical levels & analyst targets.
benzinga.com SpaceX Is Winding Down Falcon 9 as a Launch Crunch Looms: Can Rocket Lab's Neutron Fill the Gap? SpaceX is winding down Falcon 9 as launch demand outpaces supply, potentially opening a window for Rocket Lab’s Neutron.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab's SpaceX Playbook: Own the Rocket, Constellation and Customer Rocket Lab no longer wants to be known only for rockets. Founder and CEO Peter Beck said as much in a video posted on X,
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Analyst Calls Neutron Launch the ‘Most Material Catalyst’ Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock rises as Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirms Overweight rating and $122 target ahead of key Neutron launch.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Secures Funding for Iridium Buyout Rocket Lab completes a $1.94B stock offering to buy Iridium, cancels a $3.6B loan facility, and retains Iridium’s debt structure.
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benzinga.com Rocket Lab CEO Says $8 Billion Iridium Deal Won’t Take on Elon Musk’s Starlink — Don’t Intend to 'Directly Compete,’ But Plans Something That 'Hasn’t Been Seen Before’ Rocket Lab CEO Beck backs Iridium acquisition, reaffirms it won't compete directly with satellite-based internet services
benzinga.com Goldman's 'Second Space Age' — $1.8 Trillion Global Market by 2035 Goldman Sachs sees a $1.8 trillion space economy by 2035, driven by collapsing launch costs, surging private and public-market funding.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Joins Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in $981M Space Force Program to Build Advanced Test Infrastructure Rocket Lab joins the U.S. Space Force's $981 million NITE-STAR program supporting space test infrastructure.
benzinga.com What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock Monday? Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock gains in premarket: Satellite launches hit orbit, buy ratings hold strong. Key price levels to watch.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Chalks Out New $1.94 Billion Capital Raise Plan to Fund Iridium Deal Rocket Lab Corporation announced a $1.94 billion replacement at-the-market common stock program to support its proposed acquisition of Iridium Communications Inc. and optimize its capital structure.
benzinga.com What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock on Wednesday? Rocket Lab beats Q2 revenue estimates as analysts lift price targets, while Neutron development and strong demand support the company’s growth outlook.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Hits Record Revenue As Neutron Targets Q4 Debut Rocket Labs exceeded Q2 expectations, but analysts are mixed, with price targets ranging from $115 to $ 122.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab CEO Won’t Take on Musk and Bezos in Broadband: ‘The Two Most Wealthiest People in the World Are Going After That’ On Monday, Rocket Lab’s Iridium deal targets satellite services, not a Starlink-style broadband battle with Musk and Bezos.- benzinga.com Rocket Lab's CEO Wants His Company to Become a 'Self-Licking Ice Cream'— Here's What That Means Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck explains the “self-licking ice cream” strategy behind its Iridium acquisition.
benzinga.com 'Trump Will Not Reach an Agreement With Us,' Iranian Conservative Claims: What Do Prediction Markets Say? An adviser argues Tehran has little incentive to rush into a deal with Donald Trump and could instead wait out his presidency until 2029.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Reports Earnings Tonight: What Do Prediction Markets Say About Neutron Launches in 2026? Rocket Lab reports Q2 earnings Monday after the close as prediction markets price just a 14% chance its Neutron rocket launches before 2027.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Rebounds as Options Market Points to Volatility After Earnings Rocket Lab stock has rebounded after receiving some major orders from the US government ahead of its earnings report.
benzinga.com SpaceX Is Stuffing Its Rockets With Starlink — And Everyone Else Is Getting Shut Out SpaceX's satellite fleet is its biggest customer, with Starlink missions delivering the majority of revenue and making up nearly 80% of its flights.
benzinga.com Iridium Communications Partners With SKYWAVE's ORBCOMM To Help Heavy Equipment OEMs Build And Scale More Resilient Connected Services As heavy equipment manufacturers expand connected services, they face growing pressure to improve equipment uptime, modernize legacy deployments, and deliver a consistent customer experience across…
benzinga.com Why Is Robinhood Stock Falling on Thursday? Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock declines on Thursday due to tech market pullbacks, recent ARK Invest portfolio shifts and upcoming Q2 earnings.
benzinga.com Cathie Wood Swaps Robinhood for SpaceX, Archer—Did ARK Pivot Back to Moonshot Innovation? Cathie Wood sold $10M of Robinhood while adding $15M to SpaceX and boosting Archer Aviation. Here's what ARK Invest's ETF rotation signals.
benzinga.com Earnings Scheduled For July 22, 2026 Companies Reporting Before The Bell • Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $3.45 per share on revenue of $2.35 billion. • Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) is…
benzinga.com Iridium Comms Q2 EPS $0.09 Misses $0.28 Estimate, Sales $225.237M Beat $220.654M Estimate Iridium Comms (NASDAQ:IRDM) reported quarterly earnings of $0.09 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.28 by 67.86 percent. This is a 55 percent decrease over earnings of $0.20…
benzinga.com Why Is Rocket Lab Stock Falling on Thursday? Rocket Lab Corp. (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock is trading lower on Thursday as Piper Sandler initiates coverage with a Neutral rating amid a sector-wide decline triggered by debt dilution fears.- benzinga.com Iridium Announces Commercial Availability Of The Iridium PNT ASIC, A Chip Designed To Help Protect GPS- And GNSS-Dependent Devices From Threats Since the Iridium PNT ASIC's unveiling in October 2025, Iridium has received unprecedented demand from more than 150 organizations worldwide, spanning maritime, unmanned and autonomous systems (UXV),…
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Stock Climbs Nearly 3% in Pre-Market Trading After Critical Neutron Engine Test Rocket Lab's AVac engine passed a full-duration hot fire test, a critical step for Neutron rocket's planned debut in late 2026.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab’s Iridium Deal Signals New Era of Space Industry Consolidation Rocket Lab’s $8B Iridium buyout signals a massive shift toward vertical integration in the space and satellite telecom industry.
benzinga.com $100 Invested In Iridium Communications 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 6.36% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.88%. Currently, Iridium Communications…
benzinga.com Deal Dispatch: Authentic Brands Acquires Care Bears, Kroger Buys Giant Eagle, Dish Corp. Bankruptcy Major M&A deals this week include Rocket Lab grabs Iridium Communications for $8 billion, Aspen buys Kartos Therapeutics, KKR buys EDF Power.
benzinga.com Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Iridium Communications, Raises Price Target to $54 Morgan Stanley analyst Kristine Liwag maintains Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) with a Equal-Weight and raises the price target from $26 to $54.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Stock In Focus After Announcing $8 Billion Acquisition Of Iridium Communications Rocket Lab shares are trading higher Tuesday on possible continued momentum after announcing an agreement to acquire Iridium Communications.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab’s Iridium Deal Gets Stock Trending After Hours: RKLB Stock Gains Rocket Lab rises after hours as investors continue reacting to its $8 billion Iridium acquisition announcement.
benzinga.com Nasdaq 100 Soars As Semis Rebound, Tesla Jumps: Stock Market Today U.S. tech stocks rally as semiconductor shares rebound, Tesla surges on Full Self-Driving updates and space stocks soar following Rocket Lab's $8 billion Iridium deal.
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Just Became More Like SpaceX—And Less Like A Rocket Company Rocket Lab's $8 billion acquisition of Iridium transforms it from a launch provider into a broader space infrastructure company.
benzinga.com Iridium Communications, FuelCell Energy, Rocket Lab And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Monday Dow Jones gains 350 points, Iridium acquired by Rocket Lab for $8B, big stocks recording gains: QuidelOrtho, FuelCell, Ouster, Viasat, Swarmer, Charter, Prime Medicine, Roblox, Satellogic, Churchill…
benzinga.com Rocket Lab Is Buying Iridium—Here's Why Investors Are Excited Rocket Lab acquires Iridium for $8B to build a vertically integrated space powerhouse spanning launch, satellites, and global network.
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benzinga.com Iridium Discloses Termination Fee Of $223.62M After Announced Acquisition By Rocket Lab Either Iridium or Rocket Lab may terminate the Merger Agreement in customary circumstances including, among others (i) the Transaction has not been completed on or before June 28, 2027, which date…
benzinga.com RKLB Stock Surges Over 11% in Monday Premarket: What’s Going On? Rocket Lab jumps after announcing an $8 billion deal to acquire Iridium, expanding into space-based telecom and satellite services.- benzinga.com Rocket Lab To Acquire Iridium For ~$54 Per In Cash And Stock At EV Of ~$8B; IRDM Holders To Receive $27 Per Share In Cash Plus Calculated Ratio Of RKLB Stock The acquisition will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry, joining together two innovative American companies to play a leading role in the U.S. space economy. It merges…
- benzinga.com Iridium Communications Announces That Mlink Technology Has Begun Live Testing Of Its Chipset Using Iridium NTN Direct Mlink joins a growing ecosystem of chipset providers supporting Iridium NTN Direct, Iridium's 3GPP standards-based non-terrestrial network (NTN) service. By integrating Iridium NTN Direct, Mlink's…