Stock Research: Iridium Communications

Peer-based, data-driven stock research by Obermatt enables quick and easy due diligence for your stock investing.

What's New

Recent improvements to enhance your investment research experience

360° View free for everyone

Our most comprehensive analysis—the 360° View—is now free for everyone. To maintain our research quality, other ranks are now part of our new subscription plans.

3 new subscription models

Plans for every investor - from stock ideas to in-depth analysis.

Similar Stocks

Four stock alternatives to the stock you're searching.

Iridium Communications

NasdaqGS:IRDM US46269C1027
24
  • Value
    34
  • Growth
    9
  • Safety
    Safety
    24
  • Combined
    4
  • Sentiment
    95
  • 360° View
    360° View
    24
Unlock
Which ranks are driving this 360° View?
Subscribe to View
Company Description

Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data satellite communications globally. It operates in land mobile, maritime, aviation, IoT, and government sectors. Iridium offers services worldwide. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,409 million, profits of $600 million, and revenue of $831 million, with 873 employees.

more
Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 24 (better than 24% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Iridium Communications are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Iridium Communications. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 95, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 95% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 24, which means that the share price of Iridium Communications is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 9, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 9% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 34 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 66% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

more
Index
NASDAQ
D.J. US Telecom
The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 2-Oct-2025.

Make Sense of the Ranks

The higher, the better. For every stock, we judge its performance against its peers and rank it on a scale of 1 to 100. These ranks are percentiles: a rank of 75 means the company outperforms 75% of its peers in that specific area. The higher the rank, the better the stock stacks up against its peers.

Detailed and Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history. Unlock the analysis.

Unlock Ranks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
24 5 6 3
Growth
9 49 5 28
Safety
Safety
34 28 25 29
Sentiment
95 99 92 97
360° View
360° View
24 30 12 20
Unlock Similar Stocks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
74 78 89 56
Opinions Change
50 70 72 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 96 34 74
Market Pulse
84 82 83 88
Sentiment
95 99 92 97
Unlock Similar Stocks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
24 5 6 3
Growth
9 49 5 28
Safety Safety
34 28 25 29
Combined
4 6 1 1
Unlock Similar Stocks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
46 3 4 1
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
27 13 5 5
Price vs. Book (P/B)
15 3 9 17
Dividend Yield
63 58 56 54
Value
24 5 6 3
Unlock Similar Stocks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
40 60 29 54
Profit Growth
43 43 8 81
Capital Growth
9 29 12 19
Stock Returns
9 61 25 15
Growth
9 49 5 28
Unlock Similar Stocks

Unlock all 15 detailed ranks and historical data for 6,500+ stocks.

Subscribe to Unlock
Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
20 19 50 60
Refinancing
65 59 53 47
Liquidity
33 40 22 18
Safety Safety
34 28 25 29

Similar Stocks

Discover high‑ranked alternatives to Iridium Communications and broaden your portfolio horizons.

Meta

NasdaqGS:FB
Country: USA
Industry: Interactive Media & Services
Size: XX-Large
Full Stock Analysis

Intuit

NasdaqGS:INTU
Country: USA
Industry: Application Software
Size: X-Large
Full Stock Analysis

Lithia Motors

NYSE:LAD
Country: USA
Industry: Automotive Retail
Size: X-Large
Full Stock Analysis

Micron

NasdaqGS:MU
Country: USA
Industry: Semiconductors
Size: X-Large
Full Stock Analysis

The Obermatt Advantage

Ready to Elevate Your Investing?
Get Started Today

Choose the Obermatt subscription that best fits your needs.


30-day money back guarantee. Your subscription will renew until you cancel it, which you can do at any time.