Iridium Communications Inc.

NasdaqGS:IRDM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.7b

Iridium Communications Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:IRDM Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
31 Oct 25SellUS$375,102Thomas FitzpatrickIndividual20,839US$18.00
30 Oct 25BuyUS$346,600Matthew DeschIndividual20,000US$17.33
28 Oct 25BuyUS$524,700Robert NiehausIndividual30,000US$17.49
28 Oct 25SellUS$182,304Thomas FitzpatrickIndividual10,128US$18.00
03 Jun 25SellUS$50,126Timothy KapalkaIndividual1,922US$26.08
18 Feb 25SellUS$503,868Kathleen MorganIndividual15,005US$33.58
18 Feb 25SellUS$168,619Eric OlsonIndividual4,955US$34.03
02 Jan 25SellUS$1,666Timothy LastIndividual57US$29.23

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: IRDM insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of IRDM?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government74,7850.0675%
Individual Insiders2,350,8742.12%
Private Companies10,432,4899.41%
Institutions97,958,62488.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 75.76% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.5%
BlackRock, Inc.
10,995,964US$178.1m3.58%no data
9.96%
Estate of Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman
10,432,489US$169.0m0%no data
9.05%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
9,479,969US$153.6m-2.65%no data
6.2%
ARK Investment Management LLC
6,490,108US$105.1m21.7%0.68%
4.95%
Silver Heights Capital Management Inc.
5,189,703US$84.1m22.7%41.73%
4.15%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.
4,343,670US$70.4m0.65%0.02%
3.85%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
4,035,893US$65.4m-0.99%no data
3.07%
Millennium Management LLC
3,210,478US$52.0m286%0.04%
2.75%
American Century Investment Management Inc
2,878,902US$46.6m9.02%0.02%
2.22%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,327,395US$37.7m-8.95%0.01%
1.76%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
1,845,324US$29.9m2,550%0.01%
1.69%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,775,161US$28.8m28.2%no data
1.67%
Pacer Advisors, Inc.
1,744,095US$28.3m74.5%0.08%
1.63%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,703,977US$27.6m-11.2%no data
1.58%
Citadel Advisors LLC
1,649,843US$26.7m36%0.02%
1.46%
Bank of America Corporation
1,532,885US$24.8m136%0.01%
1.38%
Morgan Stanley
1,440,720US$23.3m-29.5%no data
1.12%
Numeric Investors LLC
1,172,560US$19.0m178%0.05%
1.02%
BNY Asset Management
1,068,458US$17.3m-5.78%no data
1.01%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
1,061,453US$17.2m6%0.07%
1%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
1,045,074US$16.9m1.66%no data
1%
Northern Trust Global Investments
1,043,569US$16.9m-36.2%no data
0.95%
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
992,553US$16.1m-52.4%0.05%
0.91%
Matthew Desch
958,284US$15.5m2.13%no data
0.9%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
937,581US$15.2m148%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/20 10:08
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/20 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Iridium Communications Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mathieu RobilliardBarclays
Hamed KhorsandBWS Financial Inc.
Colin CanfieldCantor Fitzgerald & Co.