IRDM

Iridium Communications Inc

Sep 18 • 02:43PM ET

18.72

+0.33 1.77 %

Communication Services • Telecom Services • USA • NASD

Peers: LMT T QCOM VZ SATS TMUS VSAT S GSAT GILT

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Index	-	P/E	18.69	EPS (ttm)	1.00	Insider Own	12.69%	Shs Outstand	106.39M	Perf Week	1.77%
Market Cap	1.99B	Forward P/E	15.86	EPS next Y	1.18	Insider Trans	-0.01%	Shs Float	92.65M	Perf Month	-21.69%
Enterprise Value	3.72B	PEG	1.12	EPS next Q	0.26	Inst Own	92.41%	Short Float	9.36%	Perf Quarter	-34.88%
Income	113.17M	P/S	2.32	EPS this Y	5.45%	Inst Trans	-2.99%	Short Ratio	3.90	Perf Half Y	-32.19%
Sales	857.55M	P/B	4.20	EPS next Y	19.03%	ROA	4.28%	Short Interest	8.67M	Perf YTD	-35.51%
Book/sh	4.45	P/C	25.04	EPS next 5Y	16.72%	ROE	17.96%	52W High	35.85 -47.80%	Perf Year	-33.04%
Cash/sh	0.75	P/FCF	6.09	EPS past 3/5Y	- -	ROIC	4.96%	52W Low	17.08 9.57%	Perf 3Y	-57.82%
Dividend Est.	0.58 (3.10%)	EV/EBITDA	8.73	Sales past 3/5Y	10.57% 8.19%	Gross Margin	47.47%	Volatility	4.31% 4.54%	Perf 5Y	-32.61%
Dividend TTM	0.57 (3.05%)	EV/Sales	4.33	EPS Y/Y TTM	38.78%	Oper. Margin	25.46%	ATR (14)	0.99	Perf 10Y	177.26%
Dividend Ex-Date	Sep 15, 2025	Quick Ratio	1.75	Sales Y/Y TTM	7.56%	Profit Margin	13.20%	RSI (14)	28.70	Recom	1.80
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -	Current Ratio	2.51	EPS Q/Q	-23.85%	SMA20	-15.03%	Beta	0.73	Target Price	32.56
Payout	58.42%	Debt/Eq	3.82	Sales Q/Q	7.88%	SMA50	-25.20%	Rel Volume	0.69	Prev Close	18.39
Employees	873	LT Debt/Eq	3.82	Earnings	Jul 24 BMO	SMA200	-31.54%	Avg Volume	2.23M	Price	18.72
IPO	Mar 20, 2008	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	-16.67% 1.32%	Trades		Volume	1,255,325	Change	1.77%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Sep-11-25	Downgrade	Raymond James	Strong Buy → Outperform	$26
Sep-09-25	Downgrade	BWS Financial	Neutral → Sell	$16
May-05-25	Initiated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$34
Apr-22-25	Upgrade	William Blair	Mkt Perform → Outperform
Jan-24-25	Initiated	Cantor Fitzgerald	Overweight	$40
Feb-16-24	Downgrade	BWS Financial	Buy → Neutral	$30
Feb-15-24	Downgrade	William Blair	Outperform → Mkt Perform
Sep-18-23	Upgrade	Deutsche Bank	Hold → Buy	$57
Jul-27-23	Upgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Overweight	$66 → $65
Jun-22-23	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Hold	$61
Oct-19-22	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Equal Weight	$48 → $45
Feb-22-22	Upgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Overweight	$47
Feb-18-22	Upgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Strong Buy	$47 → $51
Jan-27-22	Upgrade	Sidoti	Neutral → Buy	$44
Oct-20-21	Upgrade	BWS Financial	Neutral → Buy	$37 → $60
Aug-03-21	Initiated	Morgan Stanley	Overweight	$50
Jul-26-21	Upgrade	Barclays	Underweight → Equal Weight	$35.50 → $40
Mar-03-21	Upgrade	Raymond James	Mkt Perform → Outperform	$44
Feb-12-21	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Underweight	$38
Feb-08-21	Downgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform

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Iridium Communications, Inc. engages in the provision of global satellite communications services and products. Its products include personal communicators, messengers, and trackers, satellite phones, push-to-talk-devices, broadband, midband, and external terminals, docking stations, apps, and accessories. It offers its services to businesses, the U.S. and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers via satellite network. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Kapalka Timothy	CAO IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC	Jun 03 '25	Sale	26.08	1,922	50,126	39,737	Jun 03 04:56 PM
Olson Eric T	Director	Feb 19 '25	Option Exercise	7.05	3,750	26,438	141,307	Feb 19 04:12 PM
Olson Eric T	Director	Feb 18 '25	Sale	34.03	4,955	168,619	137,557	Feb 19 04:12 PM
Morgan Kathleen A.	CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER	Feb 18 '25	Sale	33.58	15,005	503,868	55,818	Feb 19 04:11 PM
Olson Eric T	Director	Feb 18 '25	Proposed Sale	34.03	4,955	168,635		Feb 18 05:04 PM
Morgan Kathleen A.	Officer	Feb 18 '25	Proposed Sale	33.58	15,005	503,928		Feb 18 04:58 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Jan 13 '25	Option Exercise	9.45	34,750	328,388	275,780	Jan 14 05:00 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Jan 10 '25	Option Exercise	9.45	12,500	118,125	253,530	Jan 14 05:00 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Jan 14 '25	Option Exercise	9.45	2,320	21,924	278,100	Jan 14 05:00 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Jan 10 '25	Sale	28.53	12,500	356,625	241,030	Jan 14 05:00 PM
THOMAS FITZPATRICK	Director	Jan 10 '25	Proposed Sale	28.53	12,500	356,642		Jan 10 04:15 PM
Last Timothy James	EVP, Sales & Marketing	Jan 02 '25	Sale	29.23	57	1,666	30,034	Jan 03 04:30 PM
McBride Suzanne E.	CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER	Nov 04 '24	Sale	29.48	4,420	130,302	182,797	Nov 05 05:27 PM
McBride Suzanne E.	INSIDER	Nov 04 '24	Proposed Sale	29.31	4,420	129,550		Nov 04 03:37 PM
NIEHAUS ROBERT H	Director	Oct 23 '24	Option Exercise	9.18	38,355	352,099	293,179	Oct 24 04:57 PM
NIEHAUS ROBERT H	Director	Oct 23 '24	Sale	29.39	38,355	1,127,253	254,824	Oct 24 04:57 PM
NIEHAUS ROBERT H	Director	Oct 23 '24	Proposed Sale	29.00	38,355	1,112,295		Oct 23 04:36 PM

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