Stocks · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM
$48.96 +2.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.19B
High qualityStrong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +177.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 162.5 percentage points.
- Net debt is 3.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 161 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 31%
- Gross marginTop 24%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 2%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 2%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 6%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 31%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.1% | 3.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -7.5% | -12.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 47.5% | 70.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 23.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 38.0% | 32.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.1% | 4.1% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -12.0% | -7.5% | ↓ | Bottom 41% |
| Gross margin | 70.4% | 47.5% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Operating margin | 23.8% | 25.5% | ↓ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 13.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 32.6% | 38.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | — | Top 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.5% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +25.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.72×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.25%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.96%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.20%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -13.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $49.75
- Target vs current price
- +1.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | -68.1% | -0.8% | -3.8% | +3.8% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -25.9% | +1.3% | -9.9% | +12.1% | +14.9% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +4.3% | +21.3% | +25.0% | +34.2% | +124.6% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +34.6% | -7.5% | -13.9% | -17.6% | -2.8% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -13.0% | -22.1% | -23.2% | -25.6% | -42.3% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +22.7% | -6.9% | +4.1% | +8.8% | +38.4% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +106.7% | +15.4% | +15.9% | -3.1% | -4.6% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | +5.0% | +11.2% | -1.4% | -4.4% | -9.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.28 | -68.1% | $225.2M |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.27 | -25.9% | $219.1M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.23 | +4.3% | $212.9M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.26 | +34.6% | $226.9M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.23 | -13.0% | $216.9M |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.22 | +22.7% | $214.9M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.15 | +106.7% | $213.0M |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.20 | +5.0% | $212.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 55.6× | 41.3× | 60th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 50.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.9× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / Sales | 7.65× | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.56% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Earnings yield | 1.80% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.0× – 229.4× since Dec 31, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +177.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -12.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +110.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 161
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +9.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +32.4%
- RSI (14)
- 57.8
- Relative volume
- 1.20×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 2th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.07
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2023 | Nov 20, 2025 | -76.4% | 649 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Feb 4, 2022 | -41.1% | 251 days | 231 days (Jan 6, 2023) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.2% | 12 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.19B
- P/E (TTM)
- 55.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $884.2M
- Dividend yield
- 1.23%
- 52-week range
- $15.65 – $57.18
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $614.5M | $721.0M | $790.7M | $830.7M | $871.7M |
| Gross profit | $158.7M | $216.4M | $283.1M | $397.0M | $674.1M |
| Operating income | $46.3M | $76.7M | $119.1M | $203.5M | $236.0M |
| Net income | -$9.3M | $8.7M | $15.4M | $112.8M | $114.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | $0.07 | $0.12 | $0.94 | $1.06 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $212.8M | $213.0M | $214.9M | $216.9M | $226.9M | $212.9M | $219.1M | $225.2M |
| Net income | $24.4M | $36.3M | $30.4M | $22.0M | $37.1M | $24.9M | $21.6M | $9.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.21 | $0.32 | $0.27 | $0.20 | $0.35 | $0.24 | $0.20 | $0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $302.9M | $344.7M | $314.9M | $376.0M | $400.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$42.1M | -$71.3M | -$73.5M | -$69.9M | -$100.3M |
| Free cash flow | $260.7M | $273.5M | $241.4M | $306.1M | $299.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | -$64.8M | -$64.7M | -$62.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$163.4M | -$257.1M | -$247.0M | -$407.7M | -$185.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $184.2M
- Total assets
- $2.57B
- Total liabilities
- $2.09B
- Total debt
- $1.76B
- Net debt
- $1.58B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $472.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.15 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.15 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.15 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.15 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.15 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.14 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.14 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.14 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,400,564
- Days to cover
- 4.75
- Change vs previous report
- +32.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.