Iridium Communications Inc
Iridium Communications Inc is classed by the SEC under Communications Services, NEC (industry code 4899), based in Mclean, VA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $872 million and a profit of $114 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a subscription business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4899, Communications Services, NEC); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.7 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 8.2 out of ten, present 7.0 out of ten, future 5.4 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.0 out of ten. 1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2022-03-04. 70th percentile among 20 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 7.9 out of ten. +8.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10. 79th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 9.3 out of ten. Share count shrank 6.1% a year. 95% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 2 purchases. 93rd percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 7.4 out of ten. ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar. 74th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 7.0 out of ten. top 30% of 19 in its family; net margin 13.1%. 70th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 6.2 out of ten. top 38% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2009. 62nd percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.3 out of ten. bottom 43% of 18 in its family for room to expand. 43rd percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.3 out of ten. top 47% of 17 in its family for growth drivers. 53rd percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 6.4 out of ten. top 36% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality. 64th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-22 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-22 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-02. Filings on record since 2007. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Service 73%, Engineering and Support Services 18%, Manufactured Product Other 9%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-12).
Who runs it
Desch, Matthew J (Chief Executive Officer); Niehaus, Robert H (Senior Vice President); Fitzpatrick, Thomas (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER); O'Neill, Vincent James (Chief Financial Officer); Mcbride, Suzanne E. (Chief Operations Officer); Morgan, Kathleen A. (Chief Legal Officer); Last, Timothy James (EVP, Sales & Marketing); Kapalka, Timothy (CAO Iridium Satellite LLC); Scheimreif, Scott (EVP-Government Programs); Thoma, Donald Lee (EVP, Aireon); and 8 more. 18 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-02.
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