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Iridium Communications Inc.

(IRDM)

CIK 1418819 · SEC filings only

Not gradedDividend record
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15 dividend record entries

Dividend record — shown as history, not graded

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Dividend record

15 declarations · 2 raised · 12 held · 0 cut · held 14 quarters

  1. HELD$0.1500/shperiod ended 2026-06-30Filing ↗
  2. HELD$0.1500/shperiod ended 2026-03-31Filing ↗
  3. HELD$0.1500/shperiod ended 2025-12-31Filing ↗
  4. RAISED$0.1500/shperiod ended 2025-09-30Filing ↗
  5. HELD$0.1400/shperiod ended 2025-06-30Filing ↗
  6. HELD$0.1400/shperiod ended 2025-03-31Filing ↗
  7. HELD$0.1400/shperiod ended 2024-12-31Filing ↗
  8. HELD$0.1400/shperiod ended 2024-09-30Filing ↗
  9. RAISED$0.1400/shperiod ended 2024-06-30Filing ↗
  10. HELD$0.1300/shperiod ended 2024-03-31Filing ↗
  11. HELD$0.1300/shperiod ended 2023-12-31Filing ↗
  12. HELD$0.1300/shperiod ended 2023-09-30Filing ↗
Descriptive dividend record — every entry links to its source filing. Not graded (a declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise). Full methodology →
Not yet gradedBuyback record
harness minimum not met
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3 resolved promises

Sector median (Technology): A+ across 6 graded companies

Not enough resolved promises to grade

3 of the 4 resolved buyback promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.

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Credibility timeline

KEPT · Apr 20, 2023KEPT · Jul 25, 2023KEPT · Jul 23, 2024
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Timeline as a list
  • Apr 20, 2023KEPTThis program authorizes the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of Iridium common stock through December 31, 2022
  • Jul 25, 2023KEPTpreviously announced $300 million share repurchase program
  • Jul 23, 2024KEPTapproved a new authorization for the repurchase of an additional $300 million of Iridium common stock
3 resolved buyback promises · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →
Not yet gradedGuidance record
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0 resolved promises

Sector median (Technology): A+ across 41 graded companies

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0 of the 4 resolved guidance promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Some of this company’s guidance has no reported figure we can compare it with. It is shown below, never scored; the line under each statement says why. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.

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Guidance by basis

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Revenue · basis not stated7007

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Guidance shown, not graded (7)

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  1. revenue guidance fy · Jul 26, 2022
    Total service revenue growth between 7% and 9% for full-year 2022
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  2. revenue guidance fy · Apr 19, 2022
    Total service revenue growth between 5% and 7% for full-year 2022
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  3. revenue guidance fy · Oct 19, 2021
    We now expect total service revenue growth of between 5% and 6%
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  4. revenue guidance fy · Apr 20, 2021
    Total service revenue growth of approximately 3% for full-year 2021.
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  5. revenue guidance fy · Feb 11, 2021
    Total service revenue growth of approximately 3% for full-year 2021.
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  6. revenue guidance fy · Jul 28, 2020
    Total service revenue growth between 1% and 2% for full-year 2020
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
  7. revenue guidance fy · Feb 25, 2020
    Total service revenue growth between 6% and 8% for full-year 2020.
    Not judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
0 resolved guidance promises · 7 not graded (no comparable reported figure) · resolver resolver-v5 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →