IRDMIridium Communications Inc.

$47.48+167% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Fair

Neither cheap nor expensive: modest expectations priced in, but at the top of its own P/E range and rich vs its sector.

1 good, 2 to watch
What the price assumes~+2% a yearderived · Jun 30, 2026

Priced for ~2% a year FCF growth. The price bakes in little to no growth.

Vs its own P/E rangedearer than 94% of its own historyderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 54.0 vs a 18.9 median over 18 quarters (+186% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)25.8×derived · Dec 31, 2025

Sector median 16.8× across 43 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)behind 88% of the market
FCF yieldbetter than 66% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What IRDM's price assumes

Iridium Communications Inc. trades at 54.0× earnings against 13.3× for the median Telecom Services name, more expensive than its own group.

54.0

Trailing P/E · Telecom Services median 13.3 · 4.05× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
5.07

Price / sales · today's price, fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025

Free cash flow yield
6.5%

Free cash flow yield · Telecom Services median 9.0%

Growth the price implies
+2.1%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +2.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +4.9% a year over the last three.

Details›
Price / booktoday's price, fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025
9.56
EV / EBITtoday's price, fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025
25.8
EV / salestoday's price, fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025
6.98
Communication Services median P/E140 names
16.1
Telecom Services median P/E36 names
13.3
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$288M
Market capitalisation
$4.42B
3-year free cash flow growth
+4.9%
IRDM has re-rated away from its own history, so multiplying the old multiple by today's earnings prices a full reversal, not the business
MethodPer share
What its own history would implynot meaningful, 54.0× today against a 18.9× median
52-week range$15.57 – $51.90
Today$47.48

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

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