Iridium Communications
IRDM Nasdaq· Alternative Carriers
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$45.65
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Iridium Communications had $872M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 4.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.4% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 27.1%, up 2.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 27 is left after running the business.
- Iridium Communications made $114M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 2.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was $300M in fiscal 2025, 34.4% of revenue.
- Iridium Communications returned $249M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 83% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 10.0%.
- Iridium Communications owes $1.7B more than it holds in cash, about 3.7 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$5.0B
P/E
30.2x
Revenue
$872M
Net income
$114M
Free cash flow
$300M
Operating margin
27.1%
Iridium Communications in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+4.9%
Only a little. Sales grew 4.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
13.1%
Yes. It keeps 13.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
34.4%
Yes. 34.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.7x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.7 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 8
Solid. It passes 7 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
30.2x
One share costs 30.2 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.1x.
What Iridium Communications does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 12, 2026
- Legal name
- Iridium Communications Inc.
- CIK
- 0001418819
Iridium Communications · IRDM
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $615M | $721M | $791M | $831M | $872M |
| Revenue growth | 5.3% | 17.3% | 9.7% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 10.6% | 10.3% | 24.1% | 27.1% |
| Net income | −$9.3M | $8.7M | $15.4M | $113M | $114M |
| Net margin | −1.5% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 13.6% | 13.1% |
| Diluted EPS | −$0.07 | $0.07 | $0.12 | $0.94 | $1.06 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $303M | $345M | $315M | $376M | $400M |
| Capital expenditure | $42.1M | $71.3M | $73.5M | $69.9M | $100M |
| Free cash flow | $261M | $273M | $241M | $306M | $300M |
| FCF margin | 42.4% | 37.9% | 30.5% | 36.9% | 34.4% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $64.8M | $64.7M | $62.9M |
| Share buybacks | $163M | $257M | $247M | $408M | $187M |
| Share count change | 0.0% | −2.5% | −2.2% | −5.8% | −10.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $321M | $169M | $71.9M | $93.5M | $96.5M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.8B | $1.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.3B | $1.1B | $888M | $577M | $463M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.6x | 3.5x | 3.5x | 4.2x | 3.7x |
| Current ratio | 3.9x | 2.2x | 2.1x | 1.7x | 2.5x |
| Interest coverage | 0.6x | 1.2x | 5.6x | 13.6x | 16.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 1.4% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | −0.7% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 15.4% | 22.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.3M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$20.2M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
1%
$0.2M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Iridium Communications · IRDM
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridium Communications IRDM | $5.0B | 4.9% | 27.1% | 34.4% | 8.7% | 30.2x | 7 |
| Cogent Communications CCOI | $362M | −5.8% | −10.4% | −20.3% | −3.8% | — | 4 |
| Uniti Group UNIT | $1.3B | 91.5% | 11.7% | −19.6% | 4.0% | — | — |
| Lumen Technologies LUMN | $4.7B | −5.4% | −6.6% | 3.0% | −3.9% | — | 4 |
| CarGurus CARG | $2.8B | 13.7% | 27.0% | 31.9% | 90.3% | 16.8x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $45.65 a share, the company is worth $5.0B: 30.2 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Iridium Communications grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 1 of 1.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001418819). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.