Iridium Communications Inc.

IRDM stock score: 57/100

$44.25 · +0.71% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
59
Fundamental
56
News
57

The reading

Iridium Communications (IRDM) scores 57 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 73% of Communication Services stocks and 65% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 59, fundamentals 56.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and EBITDA Margins at 97 score highest, while Debt to Equity at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 33 and contrarian oscillators 80 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 57; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 39 to 63, and it is up 2 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward IRDM’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

56

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • EBITDA Margins97

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)94

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

Holding it back

  • Debt to Equity1

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)2

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Price to Book Ratio3

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

43

Pulling it up

  • RSI (14)100

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

  • Stoch RSI (14)100

    Stochastic RSI combines Stochastic and RSI indicators for enhanced sensitivity to overbought/oversold conditions.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)100

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • VWAP0

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
57

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly501
Daily433
Weekly602
Monthly742
Quarterly712

Composite score, last 90 days

05010057Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 55Jul 26, 2026: 55Jul 27, 2026: 55Jul 28, 2026: 55Jul 29, 2026: 39Jul 30, 2026: 40Jul 31, 2026: 41Aug 2, 2026: 49Aug 3, 2026: 55Aug 5, 2026: 54Aug 6, 2026: 54Aug 7, 2026: 62Aug 8, 2026: 62Aug 9, 2026: 62Aug 10, 2026: 61Aug 11, 2026: 62Aug 12, 2026: 62Aug 13, 2026: 62Aug 14, 2026: 62Aug 15, 2026: 62Aug 16, 2026: 63Aug 17, 2026: 61Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 60Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 58Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 59Aug 28, 2026: 58Aug 29, 2026: 58Aug 30, 2026: 58Aug 31, 2026: 57Sep 1, 2026: 60Sep 2, 2026: 61Sep 3, 2026: 59Sep 4, 2026: 60Sep 5, 2026: 59Sep 6, 2026: 59Sep 7, 2026: 59Sep 8, 2026: 62Sep 9, 2026: 61Sep 10, 2026: 58Sep 11, 2026: 60Sep 12, 2026: 60Sep 13, 2026: 60Sep 14, 2026: 58Sep 15, 2026: 60Sep 16, 2026: 60Sep 17, 2026: 61Sep 18, 2026: 59Sep 19, 2026: 59Sep 20, 2026: 59Sep 21, 2026: 62Sep 22, 2026: 62Sep 23, 2026: 62Sep 24, 2026: 62Sep 25, 2026: 61Sep 26, 2026: 62Sep 27, 2026: 62Sep 28, 2026: 61Sep 29, 2026: 59Sep 30, 2026: 61Oct 1, 2026: 61Oct 2, 2026: 61Oct 3, 2026: 62Oct 4, 2026: 62Oct 5, 2026: 62Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 60Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 58Oct 10, 2026: 58Oct 11, 2026: 58Oct 12, 2026: 58Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 57Oct 15, 2026: 56Oct 16, 2026: 56Oct 17, 2026: 57Oct 18, 2026: 57Oct 19, 2026: 57Oct 20, 2026: 57Oct 21, 2026: 57
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Key facts

Market cap
$4.7B
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecom Services
Beta
0.85
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Oct 20, 2026

Telecom Services peers

CompanyMarket capScore
VEON VEON$5.7B62
LBRDA Liberty Broadband$5.2B48
LUMN Lumen Technologies$4.6B30
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.$4.3B50
TDS Telephone and Data Systems$3.8B45
KYIV Kyivstar Group$3.2B64

Questions

What is IRDM's stock score today?

IRDM scores 57/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 59, fundamental 56, and news sentiment 57, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is IRDM a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 57 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the IRDM score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Communication Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.