IRDM
Communication Services

Iridium Communications Inc.

IRDM
Since

Headquarters:

VA, United States

Exchange:

NASDAQ

Industry:

Telecom Services

Number of Employees:

760.00

Current Fiscal Year:

2024

Market Cap:

2.75B

Price per Share:

$24.13

Quarterly Dividend per Share:

$0.14
Year-to-date Performance:
-18.3970%
Dividend Yield:
2.37%
Price-to-book Ratio:
4.14
Trailing P/E Ratio:
24.00

Price History

Latest Prices

DateOpenHighLowClose
2025-04-3023.84524.1923.4324.13
2025-04-2924.224.5523.76524.12
2025-04-2823.4224.4423.4224.16
2025-04-2522.9923.3222.4723.16
2025-04-2421.79523.1521.5723.04

Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and international governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers worldwide. The company offers postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; and Internet of Things (IoT) services. It also provides hosted payload and other data services, such as satellite time and location services; and inbound connections from the public switched telephone network, short message, subscriber identity module, activation, customer reactivation, and other peripheral services. In addition, the company offers voice and data solutions comprising 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; mobile communications and data devices for the military and other government agencies, such as secure satellite handsets, as well as netted voice, messaging, and paging services; and maintenance services for the United States government's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, charging units, and others; and engineering and support services. Iridium Communications Inc. sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that include service providers, and value-added resellers and 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.

Financial Performance

2024 Revenue:812.43M

Detailed view of quarterly revenue

2024 Net Income:114.46M

Detailed view of quarterly net income

2024 Free Cash Flow:297.15M

Overview of free cash flow for the quarter

Annual Revenue Comparison

Compares total annual revenues

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