Iridium Communications (IRDM) closed at $44.99 on Oct 15, 2026, down 1.7% on the day. The stock is down 4.8% over the past month, down 3.6% over three months, up 161.3% year to date and up 140.5% over the past year. It trades 21.3% below its 52-week high of $57.18 and 192.5% above its 52-week low of $15.38. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($47.88) and above its 200-day moving average ($38.25).
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 10.8% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 4 of 8.
IRDM options were pricing 36% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 9, 2026, an IV rank of 20 over the past year.
Over the last 8 reports, IRDM moved an average of 10.8% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 4 of 8 reports.
Yes — the Oct 15, 2026 close of $44.99 is 17.6% above the 200-day average of $38.25.
IRDM closed 21.3% below its 52-week high of $57.18.
Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers mobile satellite communications services for land mobile end users and aviation sectors; broadband terminals, embedded devices, and handsets for merchant shipping, fishing, leisure and research vessels, and specialized watercraft; satellite-based IoT services; hosted payload and other data services; and other data services and engineering services. It also provides postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; Internet of Things (IoT); and satellite time and location services. In addition, the company offers 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; and mobile communications and data devices for the military and other government agencies, such as secure satellite handsets; and maintenance services for the U.S. government's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; and various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, and charging units. The company sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that includes service providers, and value-added resellers and value-added manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Iridium Holdings LLC and changed its name to Iridium Communications Inc. in September 2009. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
