IRDM
Iridium Communications Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY
Communication Services
DELAYED
Last price
49.04
▲ 0.59 (1.22%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
48.45
Prev close
48.45
Day high
49.11
Day low
48.05
Volume
905.59K
Market cap
$5.19B
P/E (TTM)
56.30
52W range
15.65 – 57.18
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-2.43%
-1.1%
1M
+2.81%
-0.9%
3M
+7.18%
+4.1%
6M
+113.70%
+102.6%
YTD
+181.82%
+169.5%
1Y
+102.98%
+83.0%
3Y
-1.07%
-75.2%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$5.19B
Enterprise value$6.79B
Revenue (TTM)$884.17M
Gross profit$635.28M
EBITDA$423.36M
Net income$93.27M
EPS (TTM)$0.87
Free cash flow$239.21M
Total cash$184.21M
Total debt$1.79B
Book value / share$4.46
Shares outstanding105.96M
Float86.39M
Short % of float3.82%
Dividend yield1.22%
Beta (5Y)0.88
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E56.30
Forward P/E28.56
PEG ratio3.47
Price / sales—
Price / book10.98
EV / revenue7.69
EV / EBITDA16.05
Gross margin71.85%
Operating margin15.10%
Profit margin10.55%
Return on equity19.71%
Return on assets5.11%
Debt / equity378.66
Current ratio2.78
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $871.66M | $830.68M | $790.72M | $721.03M |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $114.37M | $112.78M | $15.41M | $8.72M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $114.37M | $112.78M | $15.41M | $8.72M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.30 | 0.19 | -34.8% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.28 | 0.20 | -26.9% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.25 | 0.24 | -2.6% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.25 | 0.35 | +41.1% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.41 | 1 | $248.54M | +9.5% |
| Next quarter | 0.38 | 1 | $247.94M | +16.4% |
| Current year | 1.08 | 1 | $938.61M | +7.7% |
| Next year | 1.72 | 2 | $995.07M | +6.0% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$42.00
High target$54.00
Low target$36.00
Implied upside-14.36%
Analyst count5
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 3
Hold4
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders11.86%
Held by institutions89.82%
Institutions holding616
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
+693.76K
Net buying
Buy transactions
30
1.08M shares
Sell transactions
7
389.75K shares
Net transactions
+37
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.4 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
12.57M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 26 | FITZPATRICK THOMAS J Director |
SELL | 224.28K | $11.25M | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | NIEHAUS ROBERT H Director |
STOCK | 50.00K | $0 | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | OLSON ERIC T Director |
SELL | 8.00K | $404.88K | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | KAPALKA TIMOTHY Officer |
SELL | 13.47K | $680.52K | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | MCBRIDE SUZANNE E Chief Operating Officer |
SELL | 85.45K | $4.30M | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | MORGAN KATHLEEN A Officer |
SELL | 33.19K | $1.67M | Direct |
| Aug 17, 26 | LAST TIMOTHY JAMES Officer |
SELL | 19.52K | $982.77K | Direct |
| Jul 10, 26 | THOMA DONALD LEE Officer |
STOCK | 41.95K | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | YEANEY JACQUELINE E Director |
STOCK | 29 | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | FITZPATRICK THOMAS J Director |
STOCK | 48 | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | CANFIELD THOMAS C Director |
STOCK | 639 | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | NIEHAUS ROBERT H Director |
STOCK | 377 | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | OLSON ERIC T Director |
STOCK | 384 | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 26 | FRAZIER LEON ANTHONY Director |
STOCK | 92 | $0 | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
CANFIELD THOMAS C |
Director | 270.98K | Stock Award(Grant) |
DESCH MATTHEW J |
Chief Executive Officer | 1.47M | Stock Award(Grant) |
KRONGARD ALVIN BERNARD |
Director | 527.52K | Stock Award(Grant) |
LAST TIMOTHY JAMES |
Officer | 93.41K | Sale |
MCBRIDE SUZANNE E |
Chief Operating Officer | 282.02K | Sale |
MORGAN KATHLEEN A |
Officer | 124.87K | Sale |
NIEHAUS ROBERT H |
Director | 266.91K | Stock Gift |
O'NEILL VINCENT JAMES |
Chief Financial Officer | 132.38K | Stock Award(Grant) |
OLSON ERIC T |
Director | 149.68K | Sale |
SCHEIMREIF SCOTT T. |
Officer | 264.36K | Stock Award(Grant) |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
49.35
-0.64% from price
SMA 20
48.44
+1.11% from price
SMA 50
48.13
+1.76% from price
SMA 100
44.84
+9.36% from price
SMA 200
32.57
+50.40% from price
EMA 12
48.99
+0.11% from price
EMA 26
48.61
+0.89% from price
EMA 50
47.52
+3.21% from price
RSI (14)
52.1
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.38
Hist -0.04
ATR (14)
1.35
2.75% of price
Realised vol 30D
35.1%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
51.56
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
45.32
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
48.13 vs 32.57
Trend bias
Above 200
+50.40%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
1.36
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.27
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
35.1%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-36.9%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-76.4%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.35
2.75% of price
Beta (reported)
0.88
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.78
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.20
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
45.00
-8.1% from spot
ATM implied vol
46.2%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-3.6%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
104
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
81
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
50.00
1.51K contracts
Heaviest put OI
40.00
289 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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