Company Analysis

Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM)

NYSE: IRM · Real Estate Investment Trusts · Portsmouth, NH · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.2
◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.0▶ Future 4.6

The grade of Iron Mountain Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past6.125% of the headline
● Present5.045% of the headline
▶ Future4.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 59% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.8%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak58.9%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.6% a year. 67% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 74 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Iron Mountain Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 67% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 74 sales (73 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $3 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 37% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 103%: owes 103¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Iron Mountain Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 103 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 157 in its family; net margin 2.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 2.2% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of 10.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.90Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin2.2%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.6%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 36% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Meaney, William L (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-01-09, 13.8 years (top 20% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.5 years (bottom 47%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 37%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 18 peopletop 37% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.5 yearsbottom 47% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record13.8 yearstop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
0.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 5% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $159 million against debt of $16 billion leaves -76% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -13.5% of revenue (bottom 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-76.0%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-13.5%bottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 20% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.6% a year over the last three filed years against 7.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 24% of its family); the newest year grew 12.2% (top 17%); capital spending grew 37.4% a year (top 20%) (its annual reports). Iron Mountain Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Global Records and Information Management Business at $5.3 billion (77%), Corporate and Other at $807 million (12%), Global Data Center Business at $803 million (12%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.8 points a yeartop 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.2%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending37.4%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 42% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Iron Mountain Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.2% above the $6.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $152 million against a prior three-year average of $311 million (bottom 22%); a net margin of 2.2% against 5.8% before (bottom 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.2%top 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-51%bottom 22% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.6 pointsbottom 33% of its family

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

SI Assistanton IRM · research, not advice