All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2022-03-04.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-03-04) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+8.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $434 million in fiscal 2016 to $872 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 6.1% a year. 95% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 2 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Iridium Communications Inc's diluted share count shrank about 6.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 95% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-26, buying about $871 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Iridium Communications Inc earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 82 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 10.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 30% of 19 in its family; net margin 13.1%.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $872 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 13.1% ranks in the top 8%; revenue growth of 6.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 36% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2009.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Desch, Matthew J (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2009-09-30, 17.1 years (top 12% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.5 years (top 37%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 43%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 43% of 18 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $97 million against debt of $1.8 billion leaves -65.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 34.4% of revenue (top 8%); research spending of 2.3% of revenue (bottom 30%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 47% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.5% a year over the last three filed years against 8.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew 4.9% (top 44%); research spending grew 6.8% a year (top 39%); capital spending grew 12.1% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Iridium Communications Inc reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Service at $634 million (73%), Engineering and Support Services at $157 million (18%), Manufactured Product Other at $81 million (9%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 36% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Iridium Communications Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $872 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.2% below the $892 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $114 million against a prior three-year average of $46 million (top 15%); a net margin of 13.1% against 5.6% before (top 38%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made