The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

IRDM

Concerning the House

Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. 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. Further, it provides satellite handsets, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; and various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, and charging units. The company sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that includes service providers, and value-added resellers and value-added manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Iridium Holdings LLC and changed its name to Iridium Communications Inc. in September 2009. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

United States · www.iridium.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$790.72M+18.2%
Operating income$235.98M+16.7%
Net income$15.41M-8.2%
Cash from ops$314.91M+9.6%
Quotation

$49.78

+0.13 (+0.3%)

52w hi$55.72
52w lo$15.57
Vol1.41M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.21

Short+0.31
Medium-0.40
Long-0.85

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Iridium Communications Inc.

Communication Services · Telecom Services

Market cap$5.27B
Enterprise value$6.87B
Trailing P/E57.22x
Forward P/E25.27x
EV / EBITDA16.22x
P / S (ttm)5.97x
Profit margin10.5%
Return on equity19.7%
Revenue growth+3.8%
Earnings growth-55.0%
Debt / equity378.66
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.96
Corr SPX0.27
Annual vol57.4%
Annual ret+46.1%
Sharpe0.80
Max DD-52.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.04
Sector-0.02
Technical+0.12
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.08

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$48.77$50.64$48.77$49.781.41M
Aug 12$50.18$50.26$49.28$49.651.02M
Aug 11$48.97$49.57$48.62$49.381.10M
Aug 10$50.09$50.65$49.01$49.321.09M
Aug 7$48.46$50.29$48.46$49.93830.50K