Stock Research: Iridium Communications

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Iridium Communications

NasdaqGS:IRDM US46269C1027
26
  • Value
    36
  • Growth
    5
  • Safety
    Safety
    28
  • Combined
    4
  • Sentiment
    100
  • 360° View
    360° View
    26
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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.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 26 (better than 26% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Iridium Communications are below the industry 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 100, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 100% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 28, 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 5, 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 5% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 36 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 64% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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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: 30-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
28 5 6 3
Growth
5 49 5 28
Safety
Safety
36 28 25 29
Sentiment
100 99 92 97
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360° View
26 30 12 20
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
72 78 89 56
Opinions Change
97 70 72 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 96 34 74
Market Pulse
86 82 83 88
Sentiment
100 99 92 97
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
28 5 6 3
Growth
5 49 5 28
Safety Safety
36 28 25 29
Combined
4 6 1 1
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
46 3 4 1
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
28 13 5 5
Price vs. Book (P/B)
16 3 9 17
Dividend Yield
65 58 56 54
Value
28 5 6 3
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
31 60 29 54
Profit Growth
45 43 8 81
Capital Growth
7 29 12 19
Stock Returns
5 61 25 15
Growth
5 49 5 28
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
20 19 50 60
Refinancing
69 59 53 47
Liquidity
33 40 22 18
Safety Safety
36 28 25 29

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