Iridium Communications (IRDM) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Iridium Communications in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" IRDM shares.
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6 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Iridium Communications' stock. Their IRDM share price forecasts range from $57.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $67.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.6% from the stock's current price.
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Iridium Communications' stock was trading at $51.40 at the start of the year. Since then, IRDM stock has decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at $46.14.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 19th 2023.
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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 25th. The technology company reported ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.28. The technology company had revenue of $193.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $198.42 million. Iridium Communications had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.80% and a negative net margin of 2.53%. The company's revenue was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.04 earnings per share.

Iridium Communications announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) stock in their portfolio include ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (ARKX), ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (ARKQ), Procure Space ETF (UFO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (EWCO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (RSPC), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL) and iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ).

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.10%.
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Iridium Communications declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, July 27th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

48 employees have rated Iridium Communications Chief Executive Officer Matt Desch on Glassdoor.com. Matt Desch has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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Iridium Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IRDM."

Iridium Communications' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.29%), Capital International Investors (6.19%), State Street Corp (3.22%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.65%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.64%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%). Insiders that own company stock include A B Krongard, Barry West, Bryan J Hartin, Henrik O Schliemann, Kathleen A Morgan, Leon Anthony Frazier, Matthew J Desch, Parker William Rush, Robert H Niehaus, Scott Scheimreif, Steven B Pfeiffer, Suzanne E Mcbride, Suzanne E Mcbride, Thomas C Canfield, Thomas Fitzpatrick and Timothy Kapalka.
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Shares of IRDM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of IRDM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.14.

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) has a market capitalization of $5.77 billion and generates $721.03 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $8.72 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.15) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 658 workers across the globe.

Iridium Communications' mailing address is 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA, 22102. The official website for the company is www.iridium.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (703) 287-7400, via email at investor.relations@iridium.com, or via fax at 703-287-7450.