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.

Revenue
+8.28%
EPS
+180.0%
Free cash flow
−13.6%
Total debt
+18.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

42.17 1.64 −3.74%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
27.9×
Fwd P/E
30.8×
Dividend yield
1.42%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.04
Beneish M
−3.05
Dividend safety
55/100

Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 16.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.7× (November 2025) to 28.8× (June 2018); the current reading is higher than 57% of that period. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 7.1× and above the Communication Services sector median of 8.8×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 7.9× (37.91%)
FY2024 12.7× (21.17%)
FY2023 16.1× (23.65%)
FY2022 21.0× 10.22%
FY2021 19.1× (1.34%)
FY2020 19.3× 36.25%
FY2019 14.2× 3.76%
FY2018 13.7× (37.87%)
FY2017 22.0× 71.86%
FY2016 12.8× (47.47%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 18.1× 3.64%
Jun 2026 17.5× 68.23%
Mar 2026 10.4× 32.16%
Dec 2025 7.9× (3.03%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.7× High 28.8×
Ten-year median 15.5×
Current reading's percentile 57

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare 2.5×
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. compare 2.7×
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 4.4×
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 4.9×
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 5.6×
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. compare 5.7×
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare 8.9×
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare 9.0×
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc 16.6×
Telecom Services industry median 7.1×
Communication Services sector median 8.8×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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