Iridium Communications Inc.

Day range

$44.18 – $44.91

Open

$44.24

Prev close

$44.40

Volume

169.61K

Market cap

$4.71B

Shares out

106.16M

P/E

28.86

P/S

5.21

P/B

8.16

P/FCF

16.95

ROE

28.3%

ROA

5.3%

Debt/Equity

3.71

Div yield

1.38%

As of Oct 23, 2026

• Quarterly earningsOct 20, 2026

  On October 20, 2026, Iridium Communications Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2026.

• Merger agreementSep 18, 2026

  Iridium filed its definitive proxy statement ... with respect to the special meeting of Iridium's stockholders ... to be held in connection with transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger ... dated as of June 28, 2026, by and among Iridium, Rocket Lab Corporation ... and [the merger subsidiaries].

• Merger agreementSep 15, 2026

  The filing states that Iridium previously entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Rocket Lab, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II, pursuant to which Merger Sub I will merge with and into the Company and, following that merger, the surviving corporation will merge with and into Merger Sub II.

• Bylaw amendmentAug 10, 2026

  The Board approved and adopted, effective August 10, 2026, Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. The sole amendment to the Company's prior bylaws was to add a forum selection provision. Such provision provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum: (i) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court of the State of Delaware) will be the exclusive forum for certain derivative actions, actions alleging a breach of fiduciary duty, actions asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of Delaware law, the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of the Company, or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine; and (ii) the federal district courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for actions arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

• Acquisition completionJul 7, 2026

  On July 2, 2026 (the 'Aireon Closing Date'), Iridium Communications Inc. (the 'Company'), through its wholly owned subsidiary Iridium Monitor Holdings LLC ('Iridium Monitor Holdings'), completed its previously announced acquisition of the remaining 61% of equity interests in Aireon Holdings LLC ('Aireon') that the Company did not already own... The aggregate purchase price payable to the Sellers was approximately $366.7 million, of which 50% was paid in cash at the closing of the acquisition and the remainder was deferred in the form of a loan from the Sellers.

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Days to cover

2.5

Short interest

3.37M

Avg volume

1.37M

As of Sep 30, 2026 · reported to FINRA twice monthly.

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