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Iridium Communications Inc.

IRDMNasdaq

Communication Services · Communications Services, NEC · NY · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$871.7M$830.7M$790.7M$721.0M$614.5M$583.4M
Operating income$236.0M$200.4M$81.6M$76.7M$46.3M$35.5M
Net income$114.4M$112.8M$15.4M$8.7M−$9.3M−$56.1M
Total assets$2.53B$2.67B$2.66B$2.95B$3.18B$3.36B
Total liabilities$2.07B$2.09B$1.77B$1.83B$1.89B$1.94B
Equity$462.6M$576.6M$888.1M$1.13B$1.29B$1.42B
EPS (diluted)$1.06$0.94$0.12$0.07$-0.07$-0.42
Shares out.108.8M122.4M126.0M128.4M134.3M134.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
27.1%
Net margin
13.1%
Return on equity
24.7%
Return on assets
4.5%
Return on capital (ROCE)
9.8%
Liabilities / assets
81.7%
Debt / equity
4.47×
Book value / share
$4.25
Revenue growth (YoY)
4.9%
Net income growth (YoY)
1.4%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.75distress
Accruals / assets
−11.3%clean
Piotroski F-Score
8/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
83
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

● 1 severe● 1 warning● 5 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20265.7M2.9+4.6%
Apr 30, 20265.4M1.7-0.3%
Apr 15, 20265.4M2.2-0.4%
Mar 31, 20265.5M2.5-24.3%
Mar 13, 20267.2M3.9+2.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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