Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and product to businesses, the United States and foreign 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 other services, such as 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 intelligence agencies, such as secure satellite handsets, as well as netted voice, messaging, and paging services; and maintenance services for the department of defense's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, personal connectivity devices, 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. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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| Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/11/2025 | $26.00 | Strong Buy → Outperform | Raymond James |
| 9/9/2025 | $16.00 | Neutral → Sell | BWS Financial |
| 5/5/2025 | $34.00 | Outperform | Oppenheimer |
| 4/22/2025 | Mkt Perform → Outperform | William Blair | |
| 1/24/2025 | $40.00 | Overweight | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 2/16/2024 | $30.00 | Buy → Neutral | BWS Financial |
| 2/15/2024 | Outperform → Mkt Perform | William Blair | |
| 9/18/2023 | $57.00 | Hold → Buy | Deutsche Bank |
| 7/27/2023 | $66.00 → $65.00 | Equal Weight → Overweight | Barclays |
| 6/22/2023 | $61.00 | Hold | Deutsche Bank |
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MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2025 and updated its full-year 2025 outlook. During the quarter, the Company continued to strengthen its position in mission-critical communications and safety services, while delivering strong cash flow. "We continue to execute with discipline, focusing efforts on growth markets where our unique network delivers a competitive advantage, specifically in g
Iridium to join forces with T-Mobile for live-site activations throughout the United States MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for an award through its Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan Rapid Phase Award II to support a broad network deployment of Iridium® PNT services. Iridium is working with T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) to launch live-site activations across the United States, which delivers state-of-the-art, 5G network complementary timing synchronization t
Multiple Iridium data services integrated into the powerful Snapdragon platform for U.S. government and allied users MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) today announced that they have successfully integrated Iridium® data services into the Snapdragon® Mission Tactical Radio (MTR) and intend to make these services available for adoption and use by U.S. government customers and approved allied partners. By integrating Iridi
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, will host a conference call on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's third-quarter 2025 financial results. In advance of the call on October 23, 2025, Iridium will issue its third-quarter 2025 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 and ask for the Iridium Communications Inc. conference call. Please dial in five minutes prior to the scheduled start ti
Karrier One, a leader in decentralized telecom infrastructure, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), the only satellite network offering truly global coverage, to integrate Iridium NTN DirectSM IoT capabilities into the Karrier One ecosystem. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250930179083/en/ This partnership will allow Karrier One deployers to connect sensors, devices, and critical monitoring equipment anywhere on the planet — including regions far beyond the reach of terrestrial mobile networks — without the need to install or operate a l
RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, today announced it has been selected by Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, to deploy the Core Network of its Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), helping to enable - 3GPP based Direct-to-Device (D2D) services. In support of Iridium NTN DirectSM, Mavenir will deliver its fully containerized, cloud-native Converged Packet Core solution, hosted in Iridium's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment. The deployment supports Iridium's strategy to offer 3GPP standards-based NTN
Iridium NTN Direct will extend Deutsche Telekom's global IoT customer reach MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16, 2025 /CNW/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today announced a new partnership with Deutsche Telekom (DTAG) intended to deliver global connectivity to their customers through the Iridium NTN DirectSM service. Deutsche Telekom will gain roaming access to Iridium's forthcoming 3GPP standards-based 5G service, providing NB-IoT direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity that will keep customers, and their assets, connected from pole to pole. The two companies will be collaborating to integrate Iridium NTN Direct with Deutsc
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MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced that Company executives would participate in the upcoming conference: The Oppenheimer 28th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications. Conference on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 12:25 p.m. ET.The presentation from the conference will be webcast on the Investor Relations section of Iridium's website at http://investor.iridium.com/events. The webcast will be archived at the same location for seven
MCLEAN, Va., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2025 and updated its full-year 2025 outlook. Net income was $22.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025, as compared to net income of $32.3 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024. The decrease in net income was primarily the result of a one-time $19.8 million gain related to the acquisition of Satelles, Inc. recognized in the second quarter of 2024, which did not reoccur in 2025. Operational EBITDA ("OEBITDA")(
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Raymond James downgraded Iridium Communications from Strong Buy to Outperform and set a new price target of $26.00
BWS Financial downgraded Iridium Communications from Neutral to Sell and set a new price target of $16.00
Oppenheimer initiated coverage of Iridium Communications with a rating of Outperform and set a new price target of $34.00
William Blair upgraded Iridium Communications from Mkt Perform to Outperform
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Iridium Communications with a rating of Overweight and set a new price target of $40.00
BWS Financial downgraded Iridium Communications from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $30.00
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Deutsche Bank upgraded Iridium Communications from Hold to Buy and set a new price target of $57.00
Barclays upgraded Iridium Communications from Equal Weight to Overweight and set a new price target of $65.00 from $66.00 previously
Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of Iridium Communications with a rating of Hold and set a new price target of $61.00
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Iridium to join forces with T-Mobile for live-site activations throughout the United States MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for an award through its Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan Rapid Phase Award II to support a broad network deployment of Iridium® PNT services. Iridium is working with T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) to launch live-site activations across the United States, which delivers state-of-the-art, 5G network complementary timing synchronization t
MCLEAN, Va., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced the appointment of Monique Shivanandan to its Board of Directors, effective today. Shivanandan has served as Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer at HSBC Holdings plc, a multinational financial services company, since May 2023, having previously served as Chief Information Security Officer at HSBC since July 2020. She served as a group Chief Information Officer at the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies from
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) today announced that Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, 66, the Company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Administrative Officer and Bryan J. Hartin, 60, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, plan to retire at year-end. Mr. Fitzpatrick will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors after his retirement as CFO. The Company named Vincent O'Neill as its new Chief Financial Officer and Timothy Last as the new Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, each to be effective January 1, 2025.
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MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2025 and updated its full-year 2025 outlook. During the quarter, the Company continued to strengthen its position in mission-critical communications and safety services, while delivering strong cash flow. "We continue to execute with discipline, focusing efforts on growth markets where our unique network delivers a competitive advantage, specifically in g
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, will host a conference call on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's third-quarter 2025 financial results. In advance of the call on October 23, 2025, Iridium will issue its third-quarter 2025 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 and ask for the Iridium Communications Inc. conference call. Please dial in five minutes prior to the scheduled start ti
MCLEAN, Va., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2025 and updated its full-year 2025 outlook. Net income was $22.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025, as compared to net income of $32.3 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024. The decrease in net income was primarily the result of a one-time $19.8 million gain related to the acquisition of Satelles, Inc. recognized in the second quarter of 2024, which did not reoccur in 2025. Operational EBITDA ("OEBITDA")(
MCLEAN, Va., July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, will host a conference call on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's second-quarter 2025 financial results. In advance of the call on July 24, 2025, Iridium will issue its second-quarter 2025 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 and ask for the Iridium Communications Inc. conference call. Please dial in five minutes prior to the scheduled start time t
MCLEAN, Va., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2025 and reiterated its full-year 2025 outlook. Net income was $30.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025, as compared to net income of $19.7 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2024. Operational EBITDA ("OEBITDA")(1) for the first quarter was $122.1 million, as compared to $115.0 million for the prior-year period, representing a year-over-year increase of 6%.
MCLEAN, Va., March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, will host a conference call on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's first-quarter 2025 financial results. In advance of the call on April 22, 2025, Iridium will issue its first-quarter 2025 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 and ask for the Iridium Communications Inc. conference call. Please dial in five minutes prior to the scheduled start time
Returned a record $469 million to shareholders in 2024MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium") today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2024 and issued its full-year 2025 guidance. Net income was $36.3 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024, as compared to net income of $38.0 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023. Operational EBITDA ("OEBITDA")(1) for the fourth quarter was $117.1 million, as compared to $114.1 million for the prior-year period, representing a year-over-year increase of 3%.
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, will host a conference call on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's fourth-quarter and full year 2024 financial results. In advance of the call on February 13, 2025, Iridium will issue its fourth-quarter 2024 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 and ask for the Iridium Communications Inc. conference call. Please dial in five minutes prior to the
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2024 and updated its full-year 2024 outlook. Net income was $24.4 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2024, as compared to net loss of $1.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023. Operational EBITDA ("OEBITDA")(1) for the third quarter was a record $124.4 million, as compared to $121.3 million for the prior-year period. Net income benefitted from the year-over-year increases in service revenue, engineering and suppor
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) ("Iridium"), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, will host a conference call on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company's third-quarter 2024 financial results. In advance of the call on October 17, 2024, Iridium will issue its third-quarter 2024 earnings press release, which will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website. To participate in the teleconference, callers can dial 1-412-902-6740 a
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