Iridium Communications is a telecom services business based in the US. Iridium Communications shares (IRDM) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $25.77 – an increase of 6.84% over the previous week. Iridium Communications employs 873 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $841.7 million.
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| Latest market close | $25.77 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $19.91 - $35.50 |
| 50-day moving average | $27.22 |
| 200-day moving average | $28.37 |
| Wall St. target price | $39.29 |
| PE ratio | 22.9238 |
| Dividend yield | $0.56 (2.32%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.05 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $25.17 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | 4.35% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-07) | 8.12% |
| 3 months (2025-02-07) | -11.44% |
| 6 months (2024-11-07) | -13.86% |
| 1 year (2024-05-07) | -17.04% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | -59.43% |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 33.7367 |
| 5 years (2020-05-06) | 26.73% |
Valuing Iridium Communications stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Iridium Communications's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Iridium Communications's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Iridium Communications shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Iridium Communications's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.42. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Iridium Communications's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Iridium Communications's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $417.7 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Iridium Communications's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $841.7 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 28.1% |
| Gross profit TTM | $609.8 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.97% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.01% |
| Profit margin | 14.68% |
| Book value | $4.77 |
| Market Capitalization | $2.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 53.35% of net profits
Recently Iridium Communications has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Iridium Communications shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Iridium Communications's case, that would currently equate to about $0.56 per share.
Iridium Communications's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Iridium Communications's most recent dividend payout was on 30 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 16 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Iridium Communications's shares have ranged in value from as little as $19.908 up to $35.5028. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Iridium Communications's is 0.66. This would suggest that Iridium Communications's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and international governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers worldwide. The company offers mobile satellite communications services for land mobile end users and aviation sectors; broadband terminals, embedded devices, and handsets for merchant shipping, fishing, leisure and research vessels, and specialized watercraft; satellite-based IoT services; hosted payload and other data services; and other data services and engineering services. It also provides postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; Internet of Things (IoT); and satellite time and location services. In addition, the company offers personnel tracking devices; asset tracking devices for equipment, vehicles, and aircrafts; beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications applications; maritime communications applications; specialized communications solutions for high-value individuals; and mobile communications and data devices for the military and other government agencies, such as secure satellite handsets; and maintenance services for the U. S. government's dedicated gateway.
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