Iridium Communications - IRDM Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Iridium Communications in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" IRDM shares.
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5 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Iridium Communications' shares. Their IRDM share price forecasts range from $44.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price.
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Iridium Communications' stock was trading at $41.29 at the start of the year. Since then, IRDM stock has increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $43.86.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 18th 2022.
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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 26th. The technology company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.00 by $0.04. The technology company earned $174.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $166.46 million. Iridium Communications had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.05% and a negative net margin of 0.09%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.03 earnings per share.

Iridium Communications declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 19th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

48 employees have rated Iridium Communications Chief Executive Officer Matt Desch on Glassdoor.com. Matt Desch has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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Iridium Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IRDM."

Iridium Communications' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.95%), ARK Investment Management LLC (1.72%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.60%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (1.55%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.55%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry West, Bryan J Hartin, Henrik O Schliemann, Kathleen A Morgan, Leon Anthony Frazier, Matthew J Desch, Robert H Niehaus, Robert H Niehaus, Scott Scheimreif, Steven B Pfeiffer, Suzanne E Mcbride, Suzanne E Mcbride, Thomas C Canfield, Thomas D Hickey, Thomas Fitzpatrick and Timothy Kapalka.
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One share of IRDM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.86.

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion and generates $614.50 million in revenue each year.

The company employs 537 workers across the globe.

Iridium Communications was founded in 2000.

Iridium Communications' mailing address is 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA, 22102. The official website for the company is www.iridium.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (703) 287-7400, via email at investor.relations@iridium.com, or via fax at 703-287-7450.