Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) kicked off on Monday, up 6.16% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $17.04. Over the past 52 weeks, IRDM has traded in a range of $15.65-$34.45.
While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 11.76%. With a float of $90.98 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $104.74 million.
In an organization with 873 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency.
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Telecom Services Industry. The insider ownership of Iridium Communications Inc is 13.14%, while institutional ownership is 92.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 31 ’25, was worth 375,102. In this transaction Director of this company sold 20,839 shares at a rate of $18.00, taking the stock ownership to the 231,034 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 30 ’25, when Company’s CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER bought 20,000 for $17.33, making the entire transaction worth $346,600. This insider now owns 1,127,019 shares in total.
Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 0.32 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.22) by 0.1. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.31 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.76% per share during the next fiscal year.
Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Iridium Communications Inc’s (IRDM) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.93. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.17. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.21.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.14, a number that is poised to hit 0.24 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.11 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 5.46 million. That was better than the volume of 1.94 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 30.79%.
During the past 100 days, Iridium Communications Inc’s (IRDM) raw stochastic average was set at 25.05%, which indicates a significant decrease from 59.27% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.81 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.75 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $17.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $23.35. However, in the short run, Iridium Communications Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $18.54. Second resistance stands at $18.99. The third major resistance level sits at $19.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $16.82. The third support level lies at $16.37 if the price breaches the second support level.
Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 1.89 billion has total of 104,746K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 830,680 K in contrast with the sum of 112,780 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 226,940 K and last quarter income was 37,130 K.
