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Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM)

Communication Services | Telecom Services | McLean, United States | NasdaqGS
41.74 USD -0.11 (-0.263%) ⇩ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:45 p.m. EDT

IRDM displays a classic 'long-term value trap' masquerading as a short-term momentum engine. The fundamental data is contradictory: the stock trades at a $40-ish price with a $16 mean target and forecasted EPS growth of -24%, yet the options flow and recent price action (rallying 58% above the 50-day MA) scream momentum continuation. While the short term is a high-conviction play on the volatility skew and speculative news (SpaceX/Amazon rumors), the multi-year outlook is bearish on earnings traction and home equity erosion. This is a speculative buy, not a value buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.168466
MSTL0.209740
AutoARIMA0.218734
AutoETS0.218735

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 21.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.153
Excess Kurtosis 0.07
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 387.144
Revenue per Share 8.128
Market Cap 4,412,668,416
Trailing P/E 39.38
Forward P/E 31.86
Beta 0.48
Profit Margins 13.12%
Website https://www.iridium.com

As of April 18, 2026, 11:45 p.m. EDT: Speculative activity is heavily skewed bullish. Calls show massive Open Interest concentration at the $30.0 strike (approx. 12.7k OI across MTH-JUL expirations), well below the ~$38 current price, creating a high probability of profitability. Volume/Volume-to-OI suggests aggressive buying on the downside hiatus (near $30) and steady accumulation near the $40 ATM. Conversely, put positioning is weak, with negligible OI in the control zones ($25-$40) for most terms, indicating a lack of hedging or defensive capital against medium-term declines. The implicit skew suggests traders are betting on momentum continuation.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.60% 2.79% 2.08%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-16 0.15 0.600240
2025-12-15 0.15 0.857446
2025-09-15 0.15 0.836793
2025-06-13 0.14 0.499980
2025-03-17 0.14 0.520374
2024-12-16 0.14 0.478865
2024-09-13 0.14 0.538712
2024-06-14 0.14 0.552249
2024-03-14 0.13 0.499051
2023-12-14 0.13 0.336674
2023-09-14 0.13 0.284419
2023-06-14 0.13 0.225860
2023-03-14 0.13 0.222728
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.6
dividendYield 1.44
exDividendDate 2026-03-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.58
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.013859021
lastDividendValue 0.15
lastDividendDate 2026-03-16
dividendDate 2026-03-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.9315132
Address1 1,750 Tysons Boulevard
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 68.34
All Time Low 5.25
Ask 41.82
Ask Size 11
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,781,130
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,405,273
Average Volume 2,405,273
Average Volume10Days 2,781,130
Beta 0.482
Bid 41.64
Bid Size 11
Board Risk 2
Book Value 4.409
City McLean
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 41.74
Current Ratio 2.476
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 42.743
Day Low 41.35
Debt To Equity 387.144
Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Dividend Rate 0.6
Dividend Yield 1.44
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,947,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,947,400
Earnings Growth -0.242
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.316
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,947,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,947,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,947,400
Ebitda 446,187,008
Ebitda Margins 0.51188
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.616
Enterprise To Revenue 6.97
Enterprise Value 6,075,322,368
Eps Current Year 1.18
Eps Forward 1.31
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.06
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 703 287 7450
Fifty Day Average 27.3808
Fifty Day Average Change 14.359201
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.5244259
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 93.15132
Fifty Two Week High 44.36
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.619999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.059062194
Fifty Two Week Low 15.65
Fifty Two Week Low Change 26.090002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.6670928
Fifty Two Week Range 15.65 - 44.36
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,206,019,800,000
Float Shares 92,464,806
Forward Eps 1.31
Forward P E 31.862598
Free Cashflow 245,669,872
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 975
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.71547997
Gross Profits 623,656,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.12292
Held Percent Institutions 0.92917997
Implied Shares Outstanding 105,717,973
Industry Telecom Services
Industry Disp Telecom Services
Industry Key telecom-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Last Dividend Value 0.15
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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 include 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.
Long Name Iridium Communications Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,412,668,416
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_702261
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 114,372,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,412,668,193
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 41.63
Operating Cashflow 400,072,992
Operating Margins 0.25946
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.5472
Peg Ratio 2.53
Phone 703 287 7400
Pre Market Change 0.45999908
Pre Market Change Percent 1.1020582
Pre Market Price 42.2
Pre Market Time 1,776,770,749
Previous Close 41.85
Price Eps Current Year 35.372883
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 9.467
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.0623794
Profit Margins 0.13121
Quick Ratio 1.704
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.88889
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.109997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.262836
Regular Market Day High 42.743
Regular Market Day Low 41.35
Regular Market Day Range 41.35 - 42.743
Regular Market Open 41.63
Regular Market Previous Close 41.85
Regular Market Price 41.74
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,201
Regular Market Volume 2,598,927
Return On Assets 0.056700002
Return On Equity 0.22011
Revenue Growth -0.0
Revenue Per Share 8.128
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 105,717,973
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.051599998
Shares Short 5,456,818
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 7,003,160
Short Name Iridium Communications Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.060399998
Short Ratio 2.66
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol IRDM
Target High Price 40.0
Target Low Price 16.0
Target Mean Price 30.375
Target Median Price 31.0
Total Cash 96,501,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.919
Total Debt 1,790,928,000
Total Revenue 871,659,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.58
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.013859021
Trailing Eps 1.06
Trailing P E 39.37736
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.5217
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 22.45495
Two Hundred Day Average Change 19.285051
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.85883296
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,598,927
Website https://www.iridium.com
Zip 22,102