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Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM

Communications Services, NEC · CIK 0001418819 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$871.66M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$235.98M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$299.79M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$2.64BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$25.18Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income23.1×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue3.0×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity5.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

23.1× earnings today, against a median of 22.2× across 6 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$2.64B23.1×
2024-06-30$2.41B21.4×
2023-06-30$5.08B329.5×
2022-06-30$3.63B415.9×
2017-06-30$930.60M4.0×
2016-06-30$730.80M6.6×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Communications Services, NEC filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
FCF margin34.4%100th
Operating margin27.1%100th
Net margin13.1%93th
Current ratio2.48x76th
Effective tax rate19.1%25th
R&D / revenue2.3%25th
Revenue YoY growth4.9%67th
CapEx / revenue11.5%60th
SBC / revenue5.9%50th

Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM) reported revenue of $871.66M and net income of $114.37M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Iridium Communications Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Communications Services, NEC.

Income

Iridium Communications Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$871.66M$830.68M$790.72M$721.03M$614.50M$583.44M$560.44M$523.01M$448.05M$433.64M
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$44.44M$44.29M
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating income$235.98M$200.38M$81.63M$76.68M$46.31M$35.48M$10.12M$41.65M$115.48M$176.37M
Net income$114.37M$112.78M$15.42M$8.72M-$9.32M-$56.05M-$162.00M-$13.38M$233.86M$111.03M
Research & development$19.76M$28.42M$20.27M$16.22M$11.88M$12.04M$14.31M$22.43M$15.25M$16.08M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 107.84Mshares 119.79Mshares 127.22Mshares 130.13Mshares 133.53Mshares 133.49Mshares 125.17Mshares 108.98Mshares 128.13Mshares 124.88M
Pretax income$144.81M$109.78M-$4.75M$10.51M-$28.89M-$88.96M-$218.12M-$20.65M$119.57M$178.16M
Income tax expense$27.62M$12.26M-$26.25M$292.00K-$19.57M-$32.91M-$56.12M-$7.26M-$114.28M$67.13M
Diluted EPS$1.06$0.94$0.12$0.07UnavailableUnavailable$-1.33$-0.22$1.82$0.89
Selling, general & administrative$157.71M$168.18M$143.71M$123.50M$100.47M$90.05M$93.16M$97.85M$84.40M$82.55M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Iridium Communications Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$96.50M$93.53M$71.87M$168.77M$320.91M$237.18M$223.56M$273.35M$285.87M$371.17M
Total assets$2.53B$2.67B$2.66B$2.95B$3.18B$3.36B$3.62B$4.01B$3.78B$3.50B
Current assets$276.50M$292.73M$271.08M$306.20M$424.41M$347.82M$342.94M$390.38M$411.07M$516.77M
Total liabilities$2.07B$2.09B$1.77B$1.83B$1.89B$1.94B$2.16B$2.41B$2.19B$2.16B
Current liabilities$111.67M$169.21M$131.55M$141.58M$108.84M$113.07M$113.75M$262.72M$214.23M$83.19M
Total equity incl. NCI$462.60M$576.64M$888.10M$1.13B$1.29B$1.42B$1.46B$1.60B$1.60B$1.34B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$73.76M$81.28M$91.14M$39.78M$29.04M$32.48M$39.94M$27.54M$20.07M$18.20M
Accounts receivable$93.77M$98.80M$91.72M$82.27M$63.41M$61.15M$68.70M$71.21M$68.03M$57.37M
Goodwill$98.94M$98.19M$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$0$0
Long-term debt$1.76B$1.76B$1.47B$1.47B$1.60B$1.61B$1.77B$1.83B$1.62B$1.80B
Accounts payable$17.68M$19.72M$28.67M$21.37M$16.20M$14.39M$6.71M$12.87M$43.10M$11.13M

Cash flow

Iridium Communications Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$400.07M$375.96M$314.91M$344.73M$302.87M$249.77M$198.14M$263.71M$259.62MUnavailable
Capital expenditures$100.28M$69.89M$73.49M$71.27M$42.15M$38.69M$117.82M$391.39M$400.11M$405.69M
Investing cash flow-$100.28M-$180.60M-$83.49M-$121.27M-$36.38M-$46.47M-$127.82M-$378.91M-$372.68MUnavailable
Financing cash flow-$299.91M-$170.48M-$327.05M-$374.98M-$182.47M-$188.19M-$313.28M$193.50M$16.87MUnavailable
Net change in cash$2.98M$21.66M-$96.90M-$152.14M$83.74M$13.62M-$241.73M$77.03M-$96.05M$207.53M
Stock-based compensation$51.58M$63.46M$57.46M$43.73M$26.78M$16.71M$15.14M$14.49M$15.96M$13.71M
Common dividends paid$62.85M$64.74M$64.77M$0$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$186.48M$407.72M$247.02M$257.06M$163.44M$0$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$210.21M$203.13M$320.00M$303.48M$305.43M$303.17M$297.70M$218.21M$122.27M$49.39M

Derived

Iridium Communications Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$299.79M$306.06M$241.43M$273.46M$260.73M$211.08M$80.32M-$127.68M-$140.49MUnavailable
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating margin27.1%24.1%10.3%10.6%7.5%6.1%1.8%8.0%25.8%40.7%
FCF margin34.4%36.8%30.5%37.9%42.4%36.2%14.3%-24.4%-31.4%Unavailable
SBC / revenue5.9%7.6%7.3%6.1%4.4%2.9%2.7%2.8%3.6%3.2%
Current ratio2.48x1.73x2.06x2.16x3.90x3.08x3.01x1.49x1.92x6.21x
Revenue YoY growth4.9%5.1%9.7%17.3%5.3%4.1%7.2%16.7%3.3%Unavailable
Net margin13.1%13.6%1.9%1.2%-1.5%-9.6%-28.9%-2.6%52.2%25.6%
R&D / revenue2.3%3.4%2.6%2.2%1.9%2.1%2.6%4.3%3.4%3.7%
CapEx / revenue11.5%8.4%9.3%9.9%6.9%6.6%21.0%74.8%89.3%93.6%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate19.1%11.2%Unavailable2.8%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable-95.6%37.7%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open IRDM in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-20View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-22View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-23View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-24View SEC filing

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Reconciliation checks needing review

2 periods on this page do not reconcile under this site’s normalization. Read that as a limitation here before an observation about the company: the figures are the filer’s own, the filings linked above are authoritative, and a difference usually means the concepts this site selected do not match how this filer presents its statements. Nothing is adjusted to make a check pass.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2017-12-31

Withheld: gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2016-12-31

Withheld: gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.