Growth Metrics

Iridium Communications (IRDM) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Iridium Communications (IRDM) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 25.95% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 148.0% to 25.95% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 27.07% through Dec 2025, up 295.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 27.07% for FY2025, 295.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 25.95% at Iridium Communications, down from 30.88% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 30.88% in Q3 2025, with the low at 8.27% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 15.9%, with a median of 13.07% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin crashed -2016bps in 2023, then surged 2998bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 6.85% in 2021, then soared by 41bps to 9.68% in 2022, then soared by 142bps to 23.47% in 2023, then increased by 4bps to 24.47% in 2024, then rose by 6bps to 25.95% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 25.95%, 30.88%, and 23.17% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.