IRDM·Satellite Communications (Mobile Satellite Services, LEO)

Iridium Communications

ConvictionStrong

Wholesale-led recurring satcom: Iridium owns and operates the constellation and sells airtime/access via ~100 partners (VARs/OEMs) plus direct government contracts; ~72% of revenue is high-margin recurring service (voice/data, IoT, broadband, hosted payload), the rest equipment + engineering & support. Aireon adds a B2B aviation-data annuity.

Revenue

$871.7M FY25+5% YoY, fact); $219.1M Q1 FY26 (+2% YoY, fact

Rev growthfact

+5% FY25+2% Q1 FY26

Gross margin

Service gross margin ~70%+est. — Iridium reports cost of services not a stated GM); blended OIBDA margin 56.8% FY25 (fact, $495.3M/$871.7M

Op margin

~31% operating marginFY25, est. from filings

Capex intensity

Capex/revenue ~11.5% FY25$100.3M / $871.7M, fact) — maintenance-only until ~2030s next-gen build

Market cap

~$4.67BJun 24 2026, fact

Price · 1-year trend

real · weekly

$50+63% 1yUSD

52-week range

$16 – $56

52w lowas of 2026-07-10 · Yahoo Finance52w high

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Primary source

Reported financials — SEC EDGAR

Audited GAAP figures pulled from SEC filings · latest filing 2026-02-12. The audited primary-source spine — not investment advice.

Revenue — annual (GAAP)

FY’21

$615M

FY’22

$721M+17%

FY’23

$791M+10%

FY’24

$831M+5%

FY’25

$872M+5%

Margins & balance sheet — FY’25

Operating margin27.1%

Net margin13.1%

Net debt$1.6B

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