Iridium Communications - IRDM Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Iridium Communications in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" IRDM shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Iridium Communications' stock. Their IRDM share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $61.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% 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 shares have increased by 16.7% and is now trading at $59.96.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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Iridium Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 16th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 18th. The technology company reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of ($0.02). The technology company had revenue of $162.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $153.76 million. Iridium Communications had a net margin of 0.53% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.30%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.03) earnings per share.

Iridium Communications declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, March 30th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th.
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Iridium Communications announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, April 19th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include ARK Investment Management LLC (1.19%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.62%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.61%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.57%), WealthTrust Axiom LLC (0.09%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.09%). 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, Robert H Niehaus, Scott Scheimreif, Steven B Pfeiffer, Suzanne E Mcbride, Suzanne E Mcbride, Thomas C Canfield, Thomas D Hickey, Thomas Fitzpatrick and Timothy Kapalka.
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One share of IRDM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.96.

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) has a market capitalization of $7.53 billion and generates $614.50 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-9,320,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 537 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.