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IRDM

Iridium Communications Inc.

Communication Services · Telecom Services · NMS

$47.36

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$5.4B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

50.88

Expensive — high growth expected

Forward P/E

38.35

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+1.9%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

12.1%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

21.4%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$40.00

-16% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 8 analysts covering this stock

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 include 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.

https://www.iridium.com

Country: United States Employees: 975 Industry: Telecom Services

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.815

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0714

Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position

Calmar Ratio

0.654

Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk

Annual Return

33.8%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-51.7%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

BULL

Statistical model sees bullish momentum

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.80

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$52.24

9% below the year high

52W Low

$15.65

203% above the year low

Avg Volume

2,346,922

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

2.2

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

6.3%

Moderate short interest

Div Yield

117.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$1.01

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

381.97

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

2.85

Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations

Quick Ratio

1.99

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

71.6%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

23.2%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$253M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$876M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$106M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$48.00

Target Median

$40.00

Target Low

$16.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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