Iridium Communications (IRDM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Iridium Communications has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 9.34% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 94.0% year-over-year to 9.34%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.34% (up 94.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.48%, up 146.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed retreated to 9.34% in Q1 2026, from 9.71% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for IRDM reached as high as 9.71% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 1.62% in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.19% (2024), against an average of 5.32%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed sank 59 bps — and 2024, when it surged 542 bps.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.67% in 2022, then grew by 20 bps to 3.2% in 2023, then soared by 146 bps to 7.88% in 2024, then increased by 23 bps to 9.71% in 2025, then dropped by 4 bps to 9.34% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 9.34%, 9.71%, and 9.47% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.