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    Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM)

    Price:

    18.73 USD

    ( - -0.09 USD)

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    Symbol
    IRDM
    Name
    Iridium Communications Inc.
    Industry
    Telecommunications Services
    Sector
    Communication Services
    Price
    18.725
    Market Cap
    1.962B
    Enterprise value
    5.154B
    Currency
    USD
    Ceo
    Matthew J. Desch
    Full Time Employees
    873
    Ipo Date
    2008-03-20
    City
    McLean
    Address
    1750 Tysons Boulevard

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    Market Cap
    99.226B
    Industry
    Telecommunications Services
    Sector
    Communication Services
    FUNDAMENTALS
    P/E
    15.786
    P/S
    2.251
    P/B
    4.410
    Debt/Equity
    4.017
    EV/FCF
    12.068
    Price to operating cash flow
    -1.000
    Price to free cash flow
    -1.000
    EV/sales
    4.225
    Earnings yield
    0.063
    Debt/assets
    0.709
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Net debt/ebidta
    3.822
    Interest coverage
    2.341
    Research And Developement To Revenue
    0.027
    Intangile to total assets
    0.073
    Capex to operating cash flow
    0.230
    Capex to revenue
    0.104
    Capex to depreciation
    0.436
    Return on tangible assets
    0.053
    Debt to market cap
    0.923
    Piotroski Score
    7.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    PEG
    1.139
    P/CF
    5.013
    P/FCF
    6.428
    RoA %
    4.927
    RoIC %
    8.598
    Gross Profit Margin %
    47.331
    Quick Ratio
    1.935
    Current Ratio
    2.673
    Net Profit Margin %
    14.437
    Net-Net
    -17.966
    FUNDAMENTALS PER SHARE
    FCF per share
    2.877
    Revenue per share
    8.216
    Net income per share
    1.186
    Operating cash flow per share
    3.735
    Free cash flow per share
    2.877
    Cash per share
    0.834
    Book value per share
    4.246
    Tangible book value per share
    2.485
    Shareholders equity per share
    4.246
    Interest debt per share
    17.998
    TECHNICAL
    52 weeks high
    34.450
    52 weeks low
    15.650
    Current trading session High
    19.290
    Current trading session Low
    18.640
    DIVIDEND
    Dividend yield
    3.04%
    Payout ratio
    49.7%
    Years of div. Increase
    2.000
    Years of div.
    3.000
    Q-shift
    3.000
    Dividend per share
    0.570
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    Sector
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    P/E
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    US
    Sector
    Communication Services
    Industry
    Internet Content & Information
    Dividend yield
    0%
    Payout Ratio
    0%
    P/E
    13.052
    DESCRIPTION

    Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and international governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers worldwide. The company offers postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; and Internet of Things (IoT) services. It also provides hosted payload and other data services, such as satellite time and location services, and inbound connections from the public switched telephone network, short message, subscriber identity module, activation, customer reactivation, and other peripheral services. In addition, the company offers voice and data solutions comprising personnel tracking devices; asset tracking devices for equipment, vehicles, and aircrafts; beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications applications; maritime communications applications; specialized communications solutions for high-value individuals; mobile communications and data devices for the military and intelligence agencies, such as secure satellite handsets, as well as netted voice, messaging, and paging services; and maintenance services for the United States government's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, personal connectivity devices, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, charging units, and others; and engineering and support services. Iridium Communications Inc. sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that include service providers, and value-added resellers and manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Iridium Holdings LLC and changed its name to Iridium Communications Inc. in September 2009. Iridium Communications Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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