Growth Metrics

Iridium Communications (IRDM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Iridium Communications has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 12 years, most recently at 0.4 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 35.85% to 0.4 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.39 through Mar 2026, up 81.91% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.21 for FY2025, 0.63% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.4 for Q1 2026 at Iridium Communications, up from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.17 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.0 in Q1 2023.
  • The 4-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.23 (2023), against an average of 0.34.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 8190.1% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 76.51% in 2024.
  • A 4-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.82 in 2023, then crashed by 76.51% to 0.19 in 2024, then rose by 16.22% to 0.23 in 2025, then soared by 75.93% to 0.4 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for IRDM's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.4 (Q1 2026), 0.23 (Q4 2025), and 1.17 (Q3 2025).