Iridium Communications Inc.
General ticker "IRDM" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Telecommunications Services
- Capitalization: $3.0B (TTM average)
Iridium Communications Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 59.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 44.27$, high 45.47$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-10-22 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-09-15, amount 0.15$ (Y1.37%)
- Total employees count: 975 (+11.7%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 55.0% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Regulatory and compliance, IT system disruptions, Cybersecurity threats, Market demand decline
- Current price 102.4% above estimated high
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [12.37$, 21.62$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [12.52$, 21.42$]
Financial Metrics affecting the IRDM estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 16.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 22.58 < Operating profit margin, % of 27.07
- Positive: 15.29 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 21.35
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 1.61 > 1.15
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 0.88 <= 2.92
- Negative: 4.56 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 4.71
- Positive: 3.48 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 4.43
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $790.72MM | $830.68MM | $871.66MM |
| Operating Expenses | $709.10MM | $630.30MM | $635.68MM |
| Operating Income | $81.63MM | $200.38MM | $235.98MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-86.38MM | $-90.60MM | $-91.17MM |
| Interest Expense | $90.39MM | $91.13MM | $88.25MM |
| R&D Expense | $20.27MM | $28.42MM | $19.76MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-4.75MM | $109.78MM | $144.81MM |
| Taxes | $-26.25MM | $12.26MM | $27.62MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $-6.09MM | $15.25MM | $-2.82MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $15.41MM | $112.78MM | $114.37MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $888.10MM | $576.64MM | $462.60MM |
| Inventory | $91.14MM | $81.28MM | $73.76MM |
| Assets | $2,661.78MM | $2,671.47MM | $2,531.01MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $314.91MM | $375.95MM | $400.07MM |
| Capital expenditure | $73.49MM | $69.89MM | $100.28MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-83.49MM | $-180.60MM | $-100.28MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-327.05MM | $-170.48MM | $-299.91MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.13 | $0.95 | $1.07 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.