Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM)’s stock has witnessed a price hike of 0.62% from the previous close with its current price standing at $18.07. Its current price is -49.59% under its 52-week high of $35.85 and 0.74% more than its 52-week low of $17.94. Based on the past 30-day period, the stock price is -29.15% below the high and +5.39% above the low.
The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, IRDM’s SMA-200 is $27.61.
Additionally, it is important to take into account IRDM stock ratios, including its price-to-sales ratio, which is 2.24 for the last tewlve months.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 5.88. IRDM’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 4.06, resulting in an 24.18 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. Currently, there are 9 brokerage firms that recommend the stock as a Moderate Buy. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1. Using a scale of 1-5, the current average recommendation is 4.11 in simple terms.
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM): Earnings History
If we examine Iridium Communications Inc’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 6/30/2025, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.2, beating the consensus of $0.24. In other words, it topped the consensus by -$0.04, resulting in a -15.79% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 6/30/2025, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.2 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.24. That was a difference of -$0.04 and a surprise of -15.79%.
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM): Earnings History
Most analysts expect public companies to report earnings and revenue in line with their projections, but sometimes these figures vary from what they actually expected. In the current quarter, the company had earnings predictions made by 7 different analysts, who are expecting earnings to fall in between the range of 0.31 and 0.21 with an average Earnings Estimate of 0.26 which is in contrast with the last year earnings estimate of 0.21 and also replicates 23.81% growth rate year over year.
Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 12.52% of shares. A total of 462 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 94.89% of its stock and 108.48% of its float.
Jun 30, 2025 , it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is BARON INVESTMENT Fd.S TRT -BARON GROWTH Fd. holding total of 5.9 shares that make 5.56% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 106.97 million.
The securities firm iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF holds 3.53 shares of IRDM, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 3.33% , and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 63.99 million.
An overview of Iridium Communications Inc’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) traded 2,616,841 shares per day, with a moving average of $23.58 and price change of -6.98. With the moving average of $26.36 and a price change of -12.59, about 2,165,710 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, IRDM’s 100-day average volume is 1,757,185 shares, alongside a moving average of $26.41 and a price change of -5.77.
