Iridium Communications price to free cash flow IRDM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2020.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.0×
7-year median: 19.1×
Against its 7-year history: 38th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
7-year range: 5.5× to 44.9×
Peer median: 28.5×

Iridium Communications' price to free cash flow is 17.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 7-year median of 19.1×, close to the middle of its last 7 years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.5× in Nov 2025 to 44.9× in Mar 2020.

The median for 6 telecom stocks of a similar size is 28.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.0×	6.1×	18.6×
2025	5.9×	5.5×	12.1×
2024	11.1×	10.8×	20.4×
2023	21.8×	19.0×	31.7×
2022	22.6×	16.3×	23.2×
2021	22.2×	20.4×	37.7×
2020	27.5×	16.8×	44.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Telecommunications Services nearest Iridium Communications' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
IRDMIridium Communications	17.0×
TDSTelephone & Data Systems	n/m
ADArray Digital Infrastructure	n/m
CALXCalix	26.9×
IDTIDT	30.1×
CHTRCharter Communications	3.0×
ATEXAnterix	138×
Peer median	28.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.