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IRDM IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 46269C102 · Sector: Media & Telecom

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
466
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+88
Last quarter 378 → now 466
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 98% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

466 funds held IRDM at the end of 2026Q2, up 88 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 97.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $884M(YoY +3.1%), the P/E is 53.4x, return on equity is 19.7%. IRDM has had 15 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved -9.1% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Media & Telecom sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=109 2013Q4: holders=106 2014Q1: holders=110 2014Q2: holders=123 2014Q3: holders=127 2014Q4: holders=150 2015Q1: holders=164 2015Q2: holders=164 2015Q3: holders=162 2015Q4: holders=166 2016Q1: holders=168 2016Q2: holders=167 2016Q3: holders=170 2016Q4: holders=187 2017Q1: holders=178 2017Q2: holders=187 2017Q3: holders=176 2017Q4: holders=198 2018Q1: holders=198 2018Q2: holders=206 2018Q3: holders=216 2018Q4: holders=229 2019Q1: holders=255 2019Q2: holders=243 2019Q3: holders=253 2019Q4: holders=260 2020Q1: holders=249 2020Q2: holders=244 2020Q3: holders=244 2020Q4: holders=263 2021Q1: holders=294 2021Q2: holders=277 2021Q3: holders=307 2021Q4: holders=307 2022Q1: holders=310 2022Q2: holders=306 2022Q3: holders=328 2022Q4: holders=360 2023Q1: holders=372 2023Q2: holders=391 2023Q3: holders=356 2023Q4: holders=345 2024Q1: holders=329 2024Q2: holders=345 2024Q3: holders=351 2024Q4: holders=349 2025Q1: holders=352 2025Q2: holders=331 2025Q3: holders=322 2025Q4: holders=322 2026Q1: holders=378 2026Q2: holders=466 -88 -44 +0 +44 +88 95293490 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 15 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2026Q1 Top 5%
2024Q2 Top 20% +10.2% +21.9%
2023Q2 Top 20% -24.8% -38.1%
2023Q1 Top 20% -19.5% -37.7%
2022Q4 Top 20% +0.3% -18.4%
2022Q3 Top 5% +24.3% +15.0%
2021Q3 Top 5% -13.8% -13.5%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
197
Change in large funds
+23
Total value they hold
$5.0B
Funds buying for the first time
151
Funds that sold out entirely
63
Price change that quarter
+8.6%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
8
Funds holding calls (bullish)
13

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
53.4
EPS (TTM)
$0.88
EPS YoY
-10.2%
Revenue (TTM)
$0.9B
Revenue YoY
+3.1%
Net margin
10.5%
ROE
19.7%
Debt ratio
81.6%
FCF (TTM)
$288M
Dividend (TTM)
$0.60
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-09-30: EPS 0.02 2022-12-31: EPS -0.01 2023-03-31: EPS 0.08 2023-06-30: EPS -0.24 2023-09-30: EPS -0.01 2023-12-31: EPS 0.29 2024-03-31: EPS 0.16 2024-06-30: EPS 0.27 2024-09-30: EPS 0.21 2024-12-31: EPS 0.30 2025-03-31: EPS 0.27 2025-06-30: EPS 0.20 2025-09-30: EPS 0.35 2025-12-31: EPS 0.24 2026-03-31: EPS 0.20 2026-06-30: EPS 0.09 0M 113M 227M $M -0.26 0.06 0.39 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 33 13 131 249 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-113M-2M109M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $42M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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