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) Free cash flow margin

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Iridium Communications Inc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 30.7%, down 3.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (34.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −67.4% (fiscal 2015) to 42.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 2.87% and above the Communication Services sector median of 1.75%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 34.4% (2.46)
FY2024 36.9% 6.32
FY2023 30.5% (7.40)
FY2022 37.9% (4.50)
FY2021 42.4% 6.25
FY2020 36.2% 21.85
FY2019 14.3% 38.74
FY2018 −24.4% 6.95
FY2017 −31.4% 10.26
FY2016 −41.6% 25.80

Against its own ten years

Low −67.4% High 42.4%
Ten-year median 30.5%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc 30.7%
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 21.9%
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 21.8%
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 14.4%
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare 8.66%
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare 8.66%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare −2.63%
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. compare −8.38%
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. compare −36.0%
Telecom Services industry median 2.87%
Communication Services sector median 1.75%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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