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) Return on invested capital

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Iridium Communications Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.10%, down 2.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.94%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.21% (fiscal 2019) to 6.94% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 3.77% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.94% 1.43
FY2024 5.51% 3.29
FY2023 2.22% 0.26
FY2022 1.96% 0.83
FY2021 1.13% 0.33
FY2020 0.80% 0.59
FY2019 0.21% (0.58)
FY2018 0.79% (1.61)
FY2017 2.40% (1.86)
FY2016 4.26% 2.19

Against its own ten years

Low 0.21% High 6.94%
Ten-year median 2.07%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 13.4%
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 12.7%
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. compare 7.49%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare 7.40%
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 5.94%
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc 4.10%
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. compare 0.88%
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare −0.35%
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare −0.35%
Telecom Services industry median 3.77%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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