IRDM — Iridium Communications Inc.
Communication Services · ETF XLC · as of 2026-09-22
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
Iridium Communications Inc.
NMS
Communication Services · Telecom Services
Iridium Communications Inc is the commercial provider of communications services offering true globalised coverage, connecting people, organizations, and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. The company is a provider of mobile voice and data communications services through a constellation of low-earth-orbiting satellites. Iridium's solutions are ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation, and utilities. Iridium also provides service to subscribers from the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as other civil and government agencies world-wide. The Company operates in one business segment, providing satellite communications services and products.
Price & today
$48.65
ATR(14) 1.12 (2.30%)
| Stock today | +0.91% |
| Sector ETF today | -1.06% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | +1.98% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLC | -0.01 |
| 60-day correlation with XLC | 0.05 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $47.55 |
| 20 EMA | $47.53 |
| 50 EMA | $47.37 |
| EMA stack | BULLISH |
| RSI(14) | 56.8 |
| 52-week high distance | -14.92% |
| 52-week low distance | +210.86% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 44.9 |
| Bull% | 13.8% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (19d) |
| Sector rank | #101 |
| Next earnings | 2026-10-15 (TNS, 22d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
76.5
ADR%
1.9
RMV (tight)
70.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
1.0
Rel Vol
84.0%
U/D 50d
0.86
U/D 25d
0.78
Accum/Dist 25d
2 / 2
EPS YoY
-5.0%
LoD dist
40.0
Off 52w High
14.9%
Above 52w Low
211.0%
1W / 1M
+3.3 / -0.7
Avg $Vol 50d
56.4M
Mkt Cap (B)
5.2
Trend 8/8
YES
Sector XLC
-0.4% 1W
Base len (VCP)
12wk (9/23)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
55.9
Fwd P/E
24.7
PEG
3.6
Price/Book
11.2
Profit margin
10.5%
ROE
19.7%
Debt/Equity
378.7
Rev growth
+3.8%
Analyst target
$42 (-14%)
Analyst rating
BUY
Institutional %
89.2%
Insider %
12.2%
Float %
87.9%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
104 / 146
Industry
Telecom Services
Float
93.1M
Float turnover 20d
1.1%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
50.1M / 56.4M
Days to cover
0.9
Short % float
3.1%
Institutional %
89.2%
Weinstein stage
2
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct-24 | 0.22 | - | 212.8 | - |
| Feb-25 | 0.32 | +3% | 213.0 | +9% |
| Apr-25 | 0.27 | +59% | 214.9 | +5% |
| Jul-25 | 0.20 | +25% | 216.9 | +8% |
| Oct-25 | 0.35 | +59% | 226.9 | +7% |
| Feb-26 | 0.24 | -25% | 212.9 | +0% |
| Apr-26 | 0.20 | -26% | 219.1 | +2% |
| Jul-26 | 0.19 | -5% | 225.2 | +4% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 22 − Rocket Lab Sold $1.9 Billion of New Stock to Pay for Iridium. Here's the Dilution Math. The Motley Fool
- Sep 22 · Rocket Lab Analyst Calls Neutron Launch the ‘Most Material Catalyst’ Benzinga
- Sep 22 · Rocket Lab Sold $1.9 Billion of New Stock to Pay for Iridium. Here's the Dilution Math. The Motley Fool
- Sep 21 · RKLB Stock Extends Rally Overnight: CEO Says Iridium Deal Will Forge A Self-Launching ‘Tier-1 Space Power’ Yahoo
- Sep 21 · Rocket Lab Looks More and More Like a SpaceX Competitor. The Stock Is Up. Yahoo
- Sep 21 · Rocket Lab Climbs 7% as Cantor Reiterates $122 Target on Launch Record; Intuitive Machines Jumps 10%, AST SpaceMobile Rises 6% Yahoo
- Sep 21 · RKLB Stock In Focus: Cantor Stays Bullish As Iridium Acquisition Funding Falls Into Place Yahoo
- Sep 21 · Cantor Bets Neutron and Iridium Reprice Rocket Lab Higher Yahoo