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How Iridium Communications Inc. stacks up
IRDM · against 98 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Growth
40/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #74 of 99 · scores higher than 24% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score12 peers with a growth score of 40–49, including IRDM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 40?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 73% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -17.5% vs peer median 8.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 3.1% vs peer median 3.0%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 4.4% vs peer median 3.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IRDM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IRDM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 100 reported | 3.1% | 5.1% | 43% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 63 reported | -17.5% | 17.8% | 15% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 97 reported | 4.4% | 4.4% | 50% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IRDM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35.4B CNY (≈$5.0B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 2 | 46.5B CNY (≈$6.5B) | 96 | 42 | |
| 3 | 3.2B USD | 95 | 57 | |
| 4 | 12.74T KRW (≈$9.2B) | 94 | 70 | |
| 5 | 46.4B BRL (≈$8.4B) | 92 | 72 | |
| 70 | 5.7B EUR (≈$6.3B) | 44 | 64 | |
| 71 | 2.1B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 43 | 46 | |
| 72 | 18.7B ILS (≈$5.0B) | 41 | 51 | |
| 72 | 5.4B EUR (≈$5.9B) | 41 | 52 | |
| 74 | 4.6B USD | 40 | 39 | |
| 74 | 3.7B USD | 40 | 23 | |
| 76 | 4.2B EUR (≈$4.6B) | 39 | 49 | |
| 77 | 3.6B SGD (≈$2.8B) | 38 | 48 | |
| 77 | 2.2B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 38 | 46 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score