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$17.43 +0.01 (+0.06%)
Closing price 09/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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IRDM vs. CCOI, GSAT, PL, GILT, SATL, TSAT, SATS, INFA, BLSH, and CGNX

Should you be buying Iridium Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iridium Communications include Cogent Communications (CCOI), Globalstar (GSAT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Telesat (TSAT), EchoStar (SATS), Informatica (INFA), Bullish (BLSH), and Cognex (CGNX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Iridium Communications vs. Its Competitors

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) and Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Iridium Communications has a net margin of 13.20% compared to Cogent Communications' net margin of -21.57%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 20.28% beat Cogent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iridium Communications13.20% 20.28% 4.27%
Cogent Communications -21.57%-117.56%-6.78%

Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Communications has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Iridium Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cogent Communications. Cogent Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iridium Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iridium Communications$830.68M2.23$112.78M$0.9917.61
Cogent Communications$1.04B1.89-$204.07M-$4.54-8.78

Iridium Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cogent Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Iridium Communications pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogent Communications pays out -89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Iridium Communications has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Cogent Communications has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cogent Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Iridium Communications presently has a consensus target price of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 75.94%. Cogent Communications has a consensus target price of $46.60, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Iridium Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Iridium Communications is more favorable than Cogent Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iridium Communications
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Cogent Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Cogent Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Cogent Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cogent Communications had 2 more articles in the media than Iridium Communications. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cogent Communications and 3 mentions for Iridium Communications. Iridium Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Cogent Communications' score of -0.26 indicating that Iridium Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iridium Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cogent Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Iridium Communications beats Cogent Communications on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IRDM vs. The Competition

MetricIridium CommunicationsSatellite Communication IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.85B$4.10B$32.22B$10.39B
Dividend Yield3.44%3.44%3.17%4.64%
P/E Ratio17.6111.90452.5326.11
Price / Sales2.238.971,736.87124.93
Price / Cash6.2322.6837.6261.24
Price / Book3.444.077.216.30
Net Income$112.78M-$155.60M$809.16M$271.03M
7 Day Performance-3.60%-0.81%-0.66%-0.14%
1 Month Performance-29.40%14.17%6.28%5.82%
1 Year Performance-41.98%132.56%24,153.31%27.63%

Iridium Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.9445 of 5 stars
$17.43
+0.1%
$30.67
+75.9%
-40.9%$1.85B$830.68M17.61660Positive News
CCOI
Cogent Communications
4.0877 of 5 stars
$37.34
+3.7%
$46.60
+24.8%
-45.4%$1.84B$1.00B-8.221,916
GSAT
Globalstar
0.6419 of 5 stars
$31.17
+4.1%
N/AN/A$3.95B$250.35M-69.27330Insider Trade
PL
Planet Labs PBC
1.1926 of 5 stars
$9.82
+0.4%
$7.56
-23.0%
+447.1%$3.02B$244.35M-32.74800Gap Down
GILT
Gilat Satellite Networks
2.3447 of 5 stars
$11.50
+6.3%
$11.00
-4.3%
+140.2%$657.94M$349.75M29.491,118High Trading Volume
SATL
Satellogic
N/A$3.73
-2.6%
N/A+244.5%$393.78M$12.87M0.00330High Trading Volume
TSAT
Telesat
0.5348 of 5 stars
$27.14
+21.5%
N/A+108.2%$370.19M$416.79M-5.16470Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SATS
EchoStar
1.287 of 5 stars
$71.94
-3.9%
$63.90
-11.2%
+184.6%$20.70B$15.45B-68.5113,700Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
INFA
Informatica
0.9343 of 5 stars
$24.79
+0.1%
$23.67
-4.5%
-1.1%$7.55B$1.64B-619.635,200
BLSH
Bullish
1.0286 of 5 stars
$50.99
-1.6%
$56.00
+9.8%
N/A$7.45B$250.11B-1,008.58400Trending News
Quiet Period Expiration
CGNX
Cognex
4.5249 of 5 stars
$44.16
-0.5%
$42.50
-3.8%
+15.8%$7.41B$914.52M62.202,914Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IRDM) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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