NASDAQ$IRDM

Iridium Communications Inc · Q2 2020 earnings

Q2 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Iridium reported second-quarter results and updated its full-year outlook.

Iridium Communications Inc. reported a total revenue of $140.2 million for the second quarter of 2020, a decrease of 2% compared to the previous year. Service revenue grew by 2% to $113.4 million, while equipment sales and engineering support revenue amounted to $26.8 million. The company ended the quarter with 1,362,000 total billable subscribers, a 12% increase year-over-year.

  • Total revenue decreased 2% year-over-year, while service revenue grew by 2%.
  • Commercial service revenue increased by 2% year-over-year.
  • Government service revenue increased by 2% year-over-year.
  • Total billable subscribers increased by 12% year-over-year, driven by growth in commercial and government IoT customers.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$140M

Previous: $143M-2.0%
EPS (adj)

-$0.09

Previous: -$0.16+43.8%
Commercial Voice & Data ARPU

$40.00

Previous: $41.00-2.4%
Commercial IoT Data ARPU

$8.91

Previous: $11.40-21.8%
Capital Expenditures

-$18.7M

Previous: -$92.6M+79.9%
Free Cash Flow

-$31.1M

Previous: -$111M+71.9%
Net Income

-$12.4M

Previous: -$18.1M+31.4%
Operating Income

$5.83M

Previous: $3.74M+55.8%
Gross Profit

$5.3M

Previous: $5.4M-1.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$119M

Previous: $176M-32.3%
Total Assets

$3.37B

Previous: $3.92B-13.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Iridium · Revenue · Quarterly

$140M

Q2 2020-2%vs Q2 2019
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Iridium · $132M total across 6 segments · Q2 2020

  • Commercial Voice and Data
    $41.8M-2.9%
  • Government Services
    $25M+2.0%
  • Commercial IoT Data
    $22.6M-5.3%
  • Subscriber Equipment
    $19.8M-15.4%
  • Commercial Hosted Payload & Other Data
    $15.4M+28.9%
  • Engineering and Support Services
    $7.01M-21.1%

Forward guidance

The Company refined its full-year 2020 outlook for total service revenue growth and OEBITDA. The Company now expects total service revenue growth between 1% and 2% for full-year 2020 and full-year 2020 OEBITDA of approximately $340 million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2020

Historical avgQ2 2020

+1.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.1%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.8%

Avg return

30 days after

55%

36 / 65 earnings

Positive

+25.9%

Q3 2015

Best reaction

-18.1%

Q2 2013

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+2.8%-7.5%+21.0%
Q4 2025+21.3%+27.5%+34.7%
Q3 2025-7.6%-11.9%-18.4%
Q1 2025-6.9%-0.2%+10.0%
Q4 2024+15.4%+17.1%-0.5%
Q3 2024+4.6%-4.3%-6.3%
Q2 2024+2.1%+12.2%+2.0%
Q1 2024+10.9%+16.3%+27.4%
Q4 2023-14.0%-16.6%-22.9%
Q3 2023-12.1%-13.7%-14.9%
Q2 2023-15.0%-9.8%-19.9%
Q1 2023+14.7%+9.9%+2.3%
Q4 2022+13.8%+11.8%+3.8%
Q3 2022+0.1%+1.7%+10.0%
Q2 2022+10.0%+12.3%+16.8%
Q1 2022+4.2%-5.8%-9.8%
Q4 2021+4.9%+5.2%+15.0%
Q3 2021+5.3%+2.3%+1.9%
Q2 2021+10.6%+8.9%+3.5%
Q1 2021-2.0%-2.1%-2.7%
Q4 2020+0.0%+3.2%-12.7%
Q3 2020-0.5%-3.5%+14.6%
Q2 2020+3.4%+0.1%+3.8%
Q1 2020-3.8%-9.0%-4.9%
Q4 2019+1.7%-5.9%-19.5%
Q3 2019+0.4%-1.6%-6.4%
Q2 2019+4.6%+7.7%-2.7%
Q1 2019-0.3%+2.3%-15.3%
Q4 2018+5.6%+2.6%+20.6%
Q3 2018+0.6%+2.3%+22.3%
Q2 2018+3.7%+7.1%+14.7%
Q1 2018-2.4%-6.8%+6.4%
Q4 2017-0.4%-6.0%-9.2%
Q3 2017+16.5%+10.1%+10.6%
Q2 2017-5.0%-9.2%-5.5%
Q1 2017+4.4%+5.4%-1.0%
Q4 2016-2.7%-4.4%-2.2%
Q3 2016+1.2%+0.6%+13.1%
Q2 2016-2.7%-6.1%-8.9%
Q1 2016-0.5%
Q4 2015-2.4%
Q3 2015+25.9%
Q2 2015-3.9%
Q1 2015-7.2%
Q4 2014-1.3%
Q3 2014+4.6%
Q2 2014+2.6%
Q1 2014+14.4%
Q4 2013+4.3%
Q3 2013-10.5%
Q2 2013-18.1%
Q1 2013+7.8%
Q4 2012-5.7%
Q3 2012-11.3%
Q2 2012-17.1%
Q1 2011-1.1%
Q1 2012-1.1%
Q4 2009+18.4%
Q4 2011+18.4%
Q3 2011+9.2%
Q3 2010+9.2%
Q2 2010-4.4%
Q2 2011-4.4%
Q4 2010-4.4%
Q1 2010+4.5%

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