Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) Stock

About Iridium Communications Inc

Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) stock trades at $44.40 with a market capitalization of $4.71B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 55.64, price-to-book of 11.08, price-to-sales of 5.87. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $15.65 and $57.18, and currently trades 22.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.23%.

On profitability, Iridium Communications Inc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 20.12%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 8.65%, an operating margin of 27.06%, a net profit margin of 10.55%.

Iridium Communications Inc by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Iridium Communications Inc reported revenue of $434.0M rising to $872.0M, a change of +100.9% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 8.4% a year over five years, 6.5% over three, 4.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $114.0M.

Operating margin went from 40.7% in 2016 to 27.1% in 2025, a fall of 13.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 10.55%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $884.0M and net profit $94.0M.

Borrowings rose from $1.7B to $1.8B, cash from operations was $400.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 9.2% over five years, and was 24.6% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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