Iridium: More Of A Utility-Like Play Than A Growth Investment In Tech [Seeking Alpha]
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM)
Last iridium communications inc earnings: 4/28 07:01 am
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IRDM's aggressive buybacks have ceased to prioritize deleveraging, removing a key support for the stock price amid a 40% decline over the past year. Despite recurring revenue growth and a rising dividend, shareholder equity has more than halved in 11 quarters, with net debt to EBITDA at 3.5x and EV/Sales over 4x. I rate IRDM a Sell due to unclear operating leverage, slow high-margin growth, mounting debt, and intensifying competitive headwinds in the satellite services sector. skiserge1/iStock via Getty Images Uninitiated investors might understandably be misled into thinking that Iridium Communications Inc. ( IRDM ) is a technologically advantaged growth company, but long-time investors are well aware of the high expectations and the misfortunes that eventually led This article was written by Analyst's Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hou
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- Iridium Communications (IRDM): Reassessing Valuation After S&P 600 Index Inclusion Drives Share Price Surge [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Riverwater Partners Small Cap Strategy Sold Iridium Communications (IRDM) as Growth Slows [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- How Recent Developments Are Rewriting The Iridium Communications Investment Story [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Chooses Reliable, Global Connectivity with IridiumPR Newswire
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IRDM
Earnings
- 10/23/25 - Beat
IRDM
Sec Filings
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- IRDM's page on the SEC website