Growth Metrics

Iridium Communications (IRDM) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2026)

Iridium Communications has reported Cost of Revenue over the past 18 years, most recently at $49.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue rose 1.74% to $49.6 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $272.4 million through Mar 2026, up 130.08% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $197.6 million for FY2025, 276.86% up from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue was $49.6 million for Q1 2026 at Iridium Communications, down from $160.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cost of Revenue peaked at $160.7 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$47.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $35.4 million (2023), against an average of $34.9 million.
  • Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue plummeted 283.46% in 2023 and then skyrocketed 1258.58% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $25.6 million in 2022, then plummeted by 283.46% to -$47.0 million in 2023, then soared by 125.16% to $11.8 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 1258.58% to $160.7 million in 2025, then tumbled by 69.12% to $49.6 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for IRDM's Cost of Revenue are $49.6 million (Q1 2026), $160.7 million (Q4 2025), and $50.8 million (Q3 2025).