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Jun 29, 2:05 PMRocket Lab to acquire Iridium Communications for $54 per share in roughly $8 billion cash-and-stock deal

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Index	-
Market Cap	5.80B
Enterprise Value	7.45B
Income	105.55M
Sales	875.84M
Book/sh	4.43
Cash/sh	1.06
Dividend Est.	0.62 (1.13%)
Dividend TTM	0.60 (1.09%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 15, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	-
Employees	975
IPO	Mar 20, 2008

P/E	55.33
Forward P/E	40.33
PEG	2.51
P/S	6.62
P/B	12.38
P/C	51.95
P/FCF	19.02
EV/EBITDA	16.98
EV/Sales	8.50
Quick Ratio	2.21
Current Ratio	2.85
Debt/Eq	3.76
LT Debt/Eq	3.74
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	0.99
EPS next Y	1.36
EPS next Q	0.28
EPS this Y	8.73%
EPS next Y	18.00%
EPS next 5Y	16.07%
EPS past 3/5Y	151.09% -
Sales past 3/5Y	6.53% 8.36%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-6.99%
Sales Y/Y TTM	4.05%
EPS Q/Q	-26.27%
Sales Q/Q	1.94%
Earnings	Apr 23 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	-28.06% 0.30%

Insider Own	13.43%
Insider Trans	-0.04%
Inst Own	85.34%
Inst Trans	-4.25%
ROA	4.11%
ROE	21.39%
ROIC	4.75%
Gross Margin	47.33%
Oper. Margin	25.84%
Profit Margin	12.05%
SMA20	17.15%
SMA50	23.28%
SMA200	103.64%
Trades

Shs Outstand	105.72M
Shs Float	91.53M
Short Float	10.37%
Short Ratio	3.36
Short Interest	9.49M
52W High	55.17 -0.58%
52W Low	15.65 250.59%
Volatility	6.54% 7.86%
ATR (14)	3.76
RSI (14)	65.95
Beta	0.88
Rel Volume	2.12
Avg Volume	2.82M
Volume	6,211,088

Perf Week	24.21%
Perf Month	5.93%
Perf Quarter	104.59%
Perf Half Y	218.71%
Perf YTD	215.59%
Perf Year	81.80%
Perf 3Y	-11.70%
Perf 5Y	37.16%
Perf 10Y	517.68%
Recom	2.80
Target Price	41.00
Prev Close	54.59
Price	54.85
Change	0.48%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
May-14-26	Initiated	New Street	Neutral	$40
Apr-24-26	Downgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform
Jan-16-26	Downgrade	Morgan Stanley	Overweight → Equal-Weight	$24
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

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09:47AM	This Space Stock Could Be a Takeover Target After Rocket Lab, Iridium Deal (Barrons.com)
08:12AM	Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium Communications for $8B (Manufacturing Dive)
06:06AM	The Rocket Lab CEOs Bold Bet to Challenge SpaceXs Dominance (Bloomberg)
05:24AM	Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium in $8bn cash and stock deal (Verdict)
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12:19PM	Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium in $8B cash-and-stock deal (Proactive)
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10:36AM	Rocket Lab expands space biz with $8 billion deal (Axios)
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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.

CEO & DirectorMr. Matthew J. Desch

Chief Financial OfficerMr. Vincent J. O'Neill

COO & DirectorMs. Suzanne E. McBride

Chief Legal Officer & Company SecretaryMs. Kathleen A. Morgan

Executive Vice President of Government ProgramsMr. Scott T. Scheimreif

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Kapalka Timothy	CAO Iridium Satellite LLC	Apr 02 '26	Sale	31.00	3,790	117,490	47,764	Apr 06 05:51 PM
Kapalka Timothy	CAO Iridium Satellite LLC	Apr 06 '26	Sale	33.00	2,043	67,419	45,721	Apr 06 05:51 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Oct 31 '25	Sale	18.00	20,839	375,102	231,034	Nov 03 04:30 PM
DESCH MATTHEW J	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	Oct 30 '25	Buy	17.33	20,000	346,600	1,127,019	Nov 03 04:29 PM
THOMAS FITZPATRICK	Director	Oct 31 '25	Proposed Sale	18.00	20,839	375,102		Oct 31 04:07 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Oct 28 '25	Sale	18.00	6,797	122,346	251,873	Oct 29 04:57 PM
FITZPATRICK THOMAS	Director	Oct 27 '25	Sale	18.00	3,331	59,958	258,670	Oct 29 04:57 PM
NIEHAUS ROBERT H	Director	Oct 28 '25	Buy	17.49	30,000	524,700	297,363	Oct 29 04:57 PM
THOMAS FITZPATRICK	Director	Oct 28 '25	Proposed Sale	18.00	6,797	122,375		Oct 28 06:14 PM
THOMAS FITZPATRICK	Director	Oct 27 '25	Proposed Sale	18.00	3,331	59,958		Oct 27 06:10 PM

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