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Iridium Communications Inc

IRDM Communication Services Telecom Services

Iridium Communications Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $871.7 million, up 4.93% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.84%, EPS fell 55.0%, free cash flow fell 15.2% and total debt fell 2.61%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

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Market cap: $5.0B
P/E: 53.9×
Fwd P/E: 42.9×
Dividend yield: 1.26%
F-score: 7/9
Altman Z: 1.04
Beneish M: −3.05
Dividend safety: 55/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 19.83

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	6	2	—

Insider Ownership 13.88%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,040.00

Revenue 884.17

Net Income 93.27

Free Cash Flow 288.32

Net Debt 1,577.66

Current Ratio 2.78

Debt/Equity 3.73

P/E ratio 53.94

Fwd P/E 42.90

P/S ratio 5.74

P/B ratio 10.75

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth (8.40%)

Next Y EPS Growth 41.80%

Next Y revenue growth 7.68%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.63%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 70.93%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 61.12%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 97.93%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 48.60%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 40.46%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.68

Annual Dividend Rate 0.60

Annual Dividend Yield 1.26%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	0.62	0.15 0.15 0.15
2025	0.58	0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15
2024	0.55	0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14
2023	0.52	0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13
2022	Powerpack
2021	Powerpack
2020	Powerpack
2019	Powerpack
2018	Powerpack
2017	Powerpack

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	72	94	97	184
Receivables	92	99	94	105
Inventory	91	81	74	63
Other	—	—	—	—
	271	293	277	377

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	29	20	18	12
ST’ Debt	15	33	3	13
Other	—	—	—	—
	132	169	112	136

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	7.80%	8.36%	6.53%
Cash Flow	6.29%	9.88%	5.09%
Earnings	0.00%	0.00%	135.81%
Book Value	(9.31%)	(20.09%)	(25.72%)

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	219	225	—	—	—
’25	215	217	227	213	872
’24	204	201	213	213	831
’23	205	193	198	195	791
’22	168	175	184	194	721
’21	147	150	162	156	615
’20	145	140	151	147	583

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	72	114	—	—	—
’25	61	130	101	109	400
’24	71	81	119	105	376
’23	69	87	71	88	315
’22	66	100	89	90	345
’21	51	75	87	90	303
’20	41	64	75	71	250

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	42	92	—	—	—
’25	37	109	79	75	300
’24	57	69	100	81	306
’23	46	65	59	72	241
’22	52	82	75	64	273
’21	41	65	78	76	261
’20	31	55	64	61	211

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	0.20	0.09	—	—	—
’25	0.27	0.20	0.35	0.24	1.06
’24	0.16	0.27	0.21	0.31	0.94
’23	0.08	(0.24)	(0.01)	0.30	0.12
’22	0.02	0.04	0.02	(0.01)	0.07
’21	(0.04)	0.03	(0.02)	(0.04)	(0.07)
’20	(0.24)	(0.09)	(0.03)	(0.06)	(0.42)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	6.14	7.80	10.75	17.79	16.87	32.85	31.73	34.21	24.14	15.65	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	11.15	12.90	24.35	28.24	39.95	54.65	53.61	68.34	41.40	34.45
People
People	Employees	244	420	475	512	522	543	663	766	881	975
	Revenue/emp, $m	1.78	1.07	1.10	1.09	1.12	1.13	1.09	1.03	0.94	0.89
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	434	448	523	560	583	615	721	791	831	872
	Gross margin, %	74.81	72.14	72.68	74.10	75.54	75.53	72.10	71.53	72.24	71.55
	EBT	178	120	(21)	(218)	(89)	(29)	11	(5)	110	145
	EBT margin, %	41.09	26.69	(3.95)	(38.92)	(15.25)	(4.70)	1.46	(0.60)	13.22	16.61
	Net income	111	234	(13)	(162)	(56)	(9)	9	15	113	114
	Depreciation	50	122	228	317	307	310	308	324	206	213
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	4.52	4.58	4.80	4.48	4.37	4.60	5.62	6.30	7.01	8.13
	Earnings	0.89	2.23	(0.22)	(1.33)	(0.42)	(0.07)	0.07	0.12	0.95	1.06
	Cash flow	2.35	2.65	2.42	1.58	1.87	2.27	2.69	2.51	3.17	3.73
	Capex	(4.23)	(4.09)	(3.59)	(0.94)	(0.29)	(0.32)	(0.56)	(0.59)	(0.59)	(0.94)
	Free cash flow	(1.88)	(1.43)	(1.17)	0.64	1.58	1.95	2.13	1.92	2.58	2.80
	Book value	14.00	16.30	14.70	11.66	10.63	9.65	8.80	7.07	4.86	4.31
	Shares, m	96	98	109	125	133	134	128	126	119	107
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	11.72	6.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	713.51	312.15	30.23	16.24
	P/S	2.33	2.54	3.84	5.50	9.00	8.97	9.39	6.45	4.14	2.14
	P/B	0.75	0.71	1.26	2.11	3.70	4.28	6.00	5.74	5.97	4.03
	EV/Sales	5.21	5.67	7.06	8.27	11.35	11.05	11.22	8.23	6.19	4.05
	EV/FCF	(12.52)	(18.09)	(28.92)	57.73	31.36	26.04	29.58	26.95	16.79	11.77
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	225	260	264	198	250	303	345	315	376	400
	Capex	(406)	(400)	(391)	(118)	(39)	(42)	(71)	(73)	(70)	(100)
	Free cash flow	(180)	(140)	(128)	80	211	261	273	241	306	300
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	434	197	128	229	235	316	165	140	124	165
	Total debt	1,657	1,704	1,956	1,776	1,614	1,598	1,487	1,482	1,791	1,761
	Net debt	1,247	1,406	1,682	1,553	1,369	1,277	1,318	1,411	1,697	1,664
	Shareholders’ equity	1,344	1,596	1,602	1,459	1,419	1,288	1,129	888	577	463
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	2.91	6.00	(0.60)	(4.35)	(1.61)	(0.28)	0.28	0.55	4.23	4.40
	ROIC	4.26	2.40	0.79	0.21	0.80	1.13	1.96	2.22	5.51	6.94
	ROE	7.43	14.86	(1.47)	(10.86)	(3.89)	(0.69)	0.72	1.53	15.40	22.01

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd	$7.1B	— (loss-making)	—	−7.65% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+429.69% (above 0%: growing)	50.62%	0.26%	Compare
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc.	$5.7B	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−9.28% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+124.34% (above 0%: growing)	49.55%	(3.14%)	Compare
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc	$5.0B	53.9×	42.9×	+3.84% (above 0%: growing)	−55.00% (below 0%: shrinking)	−15.24% (below 0%: shrinking)	71.23%	15.10%
VEON VEON Ltd.	$4.9B	92.5×	7.4×	+16.93% (above 0%: growing)	−79.56% (below 0%: shrinking)	+431.58% (above 0%: growing)	86.55%	27.46%	Compare
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	$4.5B	10.2×	—	+15.43% (above 0%: growing)	+8.33% (above 0%: growing)	−58.09% (below 0%: shrinking)	25.36%	12.41%	Compare
PHI PLDT Inc.	$4.0B	8.7×	7.5×	−5.84% (below 0%: shrinking)	−24.00% (below 0%: shrinking)	+78.48% (above 0%: growing)	57.86%	20.01%	Compare
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.	$3.7B	11.0×	34.7×	+3.60% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−133.98% (below 0%: shrinking)	58.19%	120.67%	Compare
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd	$3.1B	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−7.65% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+429.69% (above 0%: growing)	50.62%	0.26%	Compare
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd	$3.1B	— (loss-making)	—	−7.65% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+429.69% (above 0%: growing)	50.62%	0.26%	Compare
Median of peers	$4.2B	10.6×	7.5×	−6.74%	−24.00%	+277.02%	50.62%	6.34%

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Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) key facts

Strength: Iridium Communications Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $871.7 million, up 4.93% from fiscal 2024.
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 9, 2026, IRDM traded at $47.47, a market capitalization of $5.0 billion.
Iridium Communications Inc pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share, a yield of 1.26%, with a payout ratio of 68.2%.
Return on equity was 22.0% and debt-to-equity 3.73.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.04 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.