Iridium Communications Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Iridium Communications ratio analysis
Iridium Communications earned a net margin of 13.1% in FY 2025, down from 13.6% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 24.7%, meaning Iridium Communications generated 0.25 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 3.81 versus 3.16 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.48.
At the end of FY 2025, IRDM traded at 16.8 times earnings; across the 6 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 6.5 to 734.3, with a median of 24.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Iridium Communications financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.75 | 32.01 | 343.00 | 734.29 | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | 10.79 |
| Price / sales | 2.19 | 4.29 | 6.54 | 9.14 | 8.97 | 9.00 | 5.56 | 4.00 | 2.58 | 2.12 |
| Price / book | 4.12 | 6.19 | 5.82 | 5.84 | 4.28 | 3.70 | 2.13 | 1.31 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90.1% | 89.8% |
| Operating margin | 27.1% | 24.1% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 7.5% | 6.1% | 1.8% | 8.0% | 25.8% | 40.7% |
| Net margin | 13.1% | 13.6% | 1.9% | 1.2% | -1.5% | -9.6% | -28.9% | -2.6% | 52.2% | 25.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 34.4% | 36.8% | 30.5% | 37.9% | 42.4% | 36.2% | 14.3% | -24.4% | -31.4% | -41.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 24.7% | 19.6% | 1.7% | 0.8% | -0.7% | -3.9% | -11.1% | -0.8% | 14.6% | 8.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.5% | 4.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -1.7% | -4.5% | -0.3% | 6.2% | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 3.81 | 3.16 | 1.69 | 1.33 | 1.25 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 1.34 |
| Current ratio | 2.48 | 1.73 | 2.06 | 2.16 | 3.90 | 3.08 | 3.01 | 1.49 | 1.92 | 6.21 |
| Revenue growth | 4.9% | 5.1% | 9.7% | 17.3% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 7.2% | 16.7% | 3.3% | 5.4% |
| EPS growth | 12.8% | 683.3% | 71.4% | — | — | — | — | -112.1% | 104.5% | — |