Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM
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44.91 USD -1.14 -2.48%
At close · Oct 30
44.82 -0.09 -0.20%
After hours · Oct 30, 5:24 PM ET
44.53 Day range 45.67
15.84 52-week range 55.72
- YTD
- +158.40%
- 1 year
- +154.59%
- Open
- 45.13
- Prev close
- 46.05
- Mkt cap
- 4.76B
- Vol
- 380.20K
- Avg vol
- 988.61K
- EPS
- 1.54
- P/E
- 29.16
- Div yield
- 1.30%
More statistics
- Low
- 44.53
- High
- 45.67
- Forward P/E
- 31.52
- Beta
- 0.85
- Short ratio
- 2.44
- Inst. own
- 88.30%
- Dividend
- 0.60
- Ex-div date
- Sep 14, 2026
- Earnings
- Feb 11, 2027
- 50-d avg
- 46.96
- 200-d avg
- 39.65
- 1y target
- 48.00
5Y chart
Events in this range
- Mar 14, 2023Dividend: 0.13
- Jun 14, 2023Dividend: 0.13
- Sep 14, 2023Dividend: 0.13
- Dec 14, 2023Dividend: 0.13
- Mar 14, 2024Dividend: 0.13
- Jun 14, 2024Dividend: 0.14
- Sep 13, 2024Dividend: 0.14
- Dec 16, 2024Dividend: 0.14
- Mar 17, 2025Dividend: 0.14
- Jun 13, 2025Dividend: 0.14
- Sep 15, 2025Dividend: 0.15
- Oct 23, 2025Earnings: 0.35; estimate 0.26; surprise 34.62%
- Dec 15, 2025Dividend: 0.15
- Feb 12, 2026Earnings: 0.24; estimate 0.23; surprise 4.35%
- Mar 16, 2026Dividend: 0.15
- Apr 9, 2026Rating: Barclays · Overweight → Overweight
- Apr 15, 2026Rating: BWS Financial · Sell → Sell
- Apr 23, 2026Earnings: 0.2; estimate 0.27; surprise -25.93%
- Apr 24, 2026Downgrade: Raymond James · Outperform → Market Perform
- Apr 27, 2026Rating: BWS Financial · Sell → Sell
- Jun 3, 2026Rating: Oppenheimer · Outperform → Outperform
- Jun 15, 2026Dividend: 0.15
- Jun 30, 2026Rating: Morgan Stanley · Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight
- Jul 22, 2026Earnings: 0.09; estimate 0.282; surprise -68.09%
- Sep 15, 2026Dividend: 0.15
- Oct 20, 2026Earnings: 0.98; estimate 0.3356; surprise 192.01%
Signals (93)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 12, 2026 | 2 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 5, 2026 | 3 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 21, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 24, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 3, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 20, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 13, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 29, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jun 29, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 9, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 19, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 29, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 15, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 8, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 1, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Sep 8, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Aug 4, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 9, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 2, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 26, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 12, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 5, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 3, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 3, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jan 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jan 13, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 6, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 6, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 30, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 16, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 2, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 18, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 11, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 11, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 16, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 2, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 19, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 12, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 5, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 22, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 3, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 22, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 15, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 12, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Feb 12, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 1, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 11, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 4, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 9, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 24, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 17, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 10, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 3, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 26, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 12, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 29, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 15, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 17, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 10, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 27, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 6, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jan 30, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jan 2, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jan 2, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 26, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Dec 26, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 12, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 24, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 3, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 19, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 27, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 13, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 30, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 30, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 23, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 18, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 21, 2022 | 4 years ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 4.76B
- Enterprise value
- 6.97B
- Trailing P/E
- 29.16
- Forward P/E
- 31.52
- PEG ratio
- 1.80
- Price / sales
- 5.27
- Price / book
- 8.26
- EPS (TTM)
- 1.54
- Beta
- 0.85
- Dividend yield
- 1.30%
- Payout ratio
- 68.18%
- Profit margin
- 18.06%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 902.97M
- Revenue growth
- 8.30%
- Free cash flow
- 217.97M
- Total cash
- 97.85M
- Total debt
- 2.18B
- Return on equity
- 31.74%
- Shares outstanding
- 105.98M
- Short % of float
- 3.22%
- 50-day average
- 46.96
- 200-day average
- 39.65
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
Buy
Price target (mean) 48.00 +6.9% upside
Now 44.91
- Target (low)
- 36.00
- Target (mean)
- 48.00
- Target (high)
- 54.00
Ratings (0m) 6 2 buy · 4 hold · 0 sell
- Strong buy1
- Buy1
- Hold4
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Feb 11, 2027
Expected Feb 11, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 0.22.
Financials — quick view
IRDM Revenue — quarterly 245.73M
IRDM Net income — quarterly 106.90M
IRDM EPS — quarterly 1.00
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 0.25 | — | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 0.3356 | 0.98 | +0.64 | +192.01% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 0.282 | 0.09 | -0.19 | -68.09% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 0.27 | 0.20 | -0.07 | -25.93% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 0.23 | 0.24 | +0.01 | +4.35% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 0.26 | 0.35 | +0.09 | +34.62% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Oppenheimer | main | Outperform | Outperform |
| Apr 27, 2026 | BWS Financial | main | Sell | Sell |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Raymond James | down | Outperform | Market Perform |
| Apr 15, 2026 | BWS Financial | main | Sell | Sell |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers mobile satellite communications services for land mobile end users and aviation sectors; broadband terminals, embedded devices, and handsets for merchant shipping, fishing, leisure and research vessels, and specialized watercraft; satellite-based IoT services; hosted payload and other data services; and other data services and engineering services. It also provides postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; Internet of Things (IoT); and satellite time and location services. In addition, the company offers personnel tracking devices; asset tracking devices for equipment, vehicles, and aircrafts; beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications applications; maritime communications applications; specialized communications solutions for high-value individuals; and mobile communications and data devices for the military and other government agencies, such as secure satellite handsets; and maintenance services for the U.S. government's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; and various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, and charging units. The company sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that includes service providers, and value-added resellers and value-added manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Iridium Holdings LLC and changed its name to Iridium Communications Inc. in September 2009. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecom Services
- Country
- United States
- Website
- iridium.com
News
- Iridium Communications Inc $IRDM Stock Sold by Inspire Investing LLC
- Rocket Lab Is Buying Iridium, and Guess What? Iridium Just Beat Earnings!
- Compared to Estimates, Iridium (IRDM) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
- Iridium Communications (IRDM) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
- Iridium Comms Q3 EPS $0.98 Beats $0.35 Estimate, Sales $245.733M Beat $236.303M Estimate
- Iridium Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results
- Rocket Lab Stock Climbs: What's Happening?
- AST SpaceMobile Welcomes European LoI Signed By Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica And Vodafone To Explore A Potential Joint Bid For Mobile Satellite Services Spectrum
- Shay Boloor Loads Up on Rocket Lab Stock, Says He Understands the Starlink Premium, but Market Is ‘Absolutely Underappreciating’ the SpaceX Rival
- Iridium Communications Says Altair Semiconductor Integrates Iridium NTN Direct Capability Into Altair's ALT1350 And Next-Generation ALT1550 IoT Chipset Platforms
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANFIELD THOMAS C | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Sep 29, 2026 | 271,710 |
| DESCH MATTHEW J | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Gift | Oct 21, 2026 | 1,398,630 |
| KRONGARD ALVIN BERNARD | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 30, 2026 | 527,525 |
| LAST TIMOTHY JAMES | Officer | Sale | Sep 14, 2026 | 84,130 |
| MCBRIDE SUZANNE E | Officer and Director | Stock Gift | Aug 19, 2026 | 264,614 |
| MORGAN KATHLEEN A | Officer | Sale | Aug 16, 2026 | 124,871 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 12.67% | 13,447,338 | 603.92M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| AQR Capital Management, LLC | 6.45% | 6,847,072 | 307.50M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.12% | 5,440,399 | 244.33M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| American Century Companies Inc | 4.57% | 4,856,440 | 218.10M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.46% | 4,733,714 | 212.59M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3.99% | 4,232,161 | 190.07M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 5.94% | 6,311,060 | 283.43M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| American Century ETF Trust-Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 3.62% | 3,846,006 | 172.72M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 2.69% | 2,850,662 | 128.02M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 1.94% | 2,061,767 | 92.59M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF | 1.87% | 1,985,513 | 89.17M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Tema ETF Trust-Tema Space Innovators ETF | 1.25% | 1,323,671 | 59.45M | May 30, 2026 |