Iridium Communications (IRDM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Iridium Communications (IRDM) reported Operating Margin of 23.15% for Q1 2026, down 495.0% year-over-year from 5.86% in Q1 2025, and up 372.12% quarter-over-quarter from 8.51% in Q4 2025.
Iridium Communications (IRDM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Iridium Communications (IRDM) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 23.15% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 23.15%, down 495.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1678.95% (up 165388.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2537.42%, up 251330.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin rose to 23.15% in Q1 2026 per IRDM's latest filing, from 8.51% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 30.88% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 8.51% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 16.27% and a median of 21.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin jumped 2998 bps in 2024, then plunged 3298 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 9.68% in 2022, then jumped by 142 bps to 23.47% in 2023, then rose by 4 bps to 24.47% in 2024, then slumped by 135 bps to 8.51% in 2025, then surged by 372 bps to 23.15% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows IRDM's Operating Margin at 23.15% in Q1 2026, 8.51% in Q4 2025, and 30.88% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.15% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.51% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.88% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.17% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.10% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.47% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.78% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.47% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -8.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.28% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.68% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.71% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.43% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.73% |