IRDM — Iridium Communications Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Dividends
Measured signals that fired on IRDM
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-19 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-29 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-26 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-14 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-02 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | McBride Suzanne E. Chief Operations Officer | Gift | 17.4K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-08-18 | FITZPATRICK THOMAS Director | Open-market sale | 15.0K | 49.20 | 740.3K |
| 2026-08-17 | FITZPATRICK THOMAS Director | Open-market sale | 209.2K | 50.22 | 10.5M |
| 2026-08-17 | McBride Suzanne E. Chief Operations Officer | Open-market sale | 85.5K | 50.28 | 4.3M |
| 2026-08-17 | Morgan Kathleen A. Chief Legal Officer | Open-market sale | 32.6K | 50.34 | 1.6M |
| 2026-08-17 | Last Timothy James EVP, Sales & Marketing | Open-market sale | 19.0K | 50.33 | 957.3K |
| 2026-08-17 | Kapalka Timothy CAO Iridium Satellite LLC | Open-market sale | 13.5K | 50.51 | 680.5K |
| 2026-08-17 | Olson Eric T Director | Open-market sale | 8.0K | 50.61 | 404.9K |
| 2026-08-17 | Morgan Kathleen A. Chief Legal Officer | Open-market sale | 544 | 50.85 | 27.7K |
| 2026-08-17 | Last Timothy James EVP, Sales & Marketing | Open-market sale | 500 | 50.88 | 25.4K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 386.7M | 13.9M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 169.0M | 6.1M |
| Silver Heights Capital Management Inc | 142.7M | 5.1M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 140.1M | 5.1M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 114.0M | 4.1M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 96.3M | 3.5M |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 93.0M | 3.4M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 80.9M | 2.9M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 59.9M | 2.2M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 55.7M | 2.0M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- Consumer Tech (Aug 17-21): Walmart & Alibaba Posts Earnings, Trump Targets U.S. Space Launch Growth & More · 2026-08-23 · benzinga
- Rocket Lab CEO Says $8 Billion Iridium Deal Won’t Take on Elon Musk’s Starlink — Don’t Intend to 'Directly Compete,’ But Plans Something That 'Hasn’t Been Seen Before’ · 2026-08-20 · benzinga
- Rocket Lab CEO Won’t Take on Musk and Bezos in Broadband: ‘The Two Most Wealthiest People in the World Are Going After That’ · 2026-08-11 · benzinga
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