“Gains and losses resulting from fair value adjustments to the Cap are recorded within accumulated other comprehensive income within the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and reclassified to interest expense on the dates that interest payments be…”10-Q · Jul 22, 2026 ↗
Iridium Communications Inc.
IRDM
Market read
Iridium Communications Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Commercial voice and data revenue increased $3.0 million, or 3%, primarily due to increased ARPU from price increases implemented during the second half of the prior year.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if IRDM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Commercial voice and data revenue increased $3.0 million, or 3%, primarily due to increased ARPU from price increases implemented during the second half of the prior year.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +2.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 3.50x in the latest annual period.
- Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 201% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 93% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
46.99Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 increased by $6.5 million as compared to the prior year period, as a result of the change in spending on capital expenditures.”10-Q · Jul 22, 2026 ↗
“Commercial voice and data revenue increased $3.0 million, or 3%, from the prior year period, primarily due to increased ARPU from price increases implemented during the second half of the prior year.”10-Q · Jul 22, 2026 ↗
“ervice providers, VAMs and VARs who join our network as a result of new product offerings represent an attractive opportunity for continued subscriber and revenue growth.”10-K · Feb 12, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 5.8× · EV/sales 7.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for IRDM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for IRDM. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind IRDM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
CATCaterpillar Inc.customerFeb 12, 2026 ▾
“Examples of these applications include cockpit voice and data solutions for use by the aviation sector and voice, data and tracking applications for industrial customers, such as Caterpillar Inc., the DoW, and other U.S.”
AAPLApple Inc.partnerFeb 12, 2026 ▾
“In 2022, Globalstar announced a partnership with Apple, where Apple iPhones and other devices could make D2D emergency notifications and texting through the Globalstar network.”
GDGeneral Dynamics CorporationpartnerFeb 12, 2026 ▾
“We also provide engineering and support services to the U.S.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
IRDM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Commercial Space. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.