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

Iridium Communications (IRDM) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 9.34% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 9.34%, up 94.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.34% (up 94.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 9.48%, up 146.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed declined to 9.34% in Q1 2026 per IRDM's latest filing, from 9.71% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 9.71% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 1.62% in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of 5.32% and a median of 4.19% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 59 bps in 2023, then surged 542 bps in 2024.
• 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.
• Business Quant data shows IRDM's Return on Capital Employed at 9.34% in Q1 2026, 9.71% in Q4 2025, and 9.47% in Q3 2025.