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Iridium Communications (Iridium Communications) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $-0.05 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Iridium Communications Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Iridium Communications's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.459. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $-0.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 57.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 38.70% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Iridium Communications was 57.50% per year. The lowest was 2.20% per year. And the median was 21.95% per year.

As of today (2024-04-27), Iridium Communications's current stock price is $31.37. Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.05. Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is .


Iridium Communications Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

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Iridium Communications Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Iridium Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.83 -1.56 -1.18 -0.62 -0.12

Iridium Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.65 -0.47 -0.33 -0.12 -0.05

Competitive Comparison of Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Iridium Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Iridium Communications Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Iridium Communications's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.459/129.4194*129.4194
=0.459

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Iridium Communications Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.009 100.560 -0.012
201409 0.208 100.428 0.268
201412 -1.528 99.070 -1.996
201503 0.012 99.621 0.016
201506 -0.673 100.684 -0.865
201509 -0.060 100.392 -0.077
201512 -1.974 99.792 -2.560
201603 -0.234 100.470 -0.301
201606 -0.155 101.688 -0.197
201609 -0.156 101.861 -0.198
201612 -0.876 101.863 -1.113
201703 0.118 102.862 0.148
201706 -0.498 103.349 -0.624
201709 -0.308 104.136 -0.383
201712 -0.401 104.011 -0.499
201803 -0.237 105.290 -0.291
201806 -0.443 106.317 -0.539
201809 0.043 106.507 0.052
201812 -0.520 105.998 -0.635
201903 0.119 107.251 0.144
201906 -0.340 108.070 -0.407
201909 0.518 108.329 0.619
201912 0.307 108.420 0.366
202003 0.236 108.902 0.280
202006 0.410 108.767 0.488
202009 0.478 109.815 0.563
202012 0.455 109.897 0.536
202103 0.306 111.754 0.354
202106 0.484 114.631 0.546
202109 0.590 115.734 0.660
202112 0.569 117.630 0.626
202203 0.396 121.301 0.423
202206 0.635 125.017 0.657
202209 0.582 125.227 0.601
202212 0.492 125.222 0.508
202303 0.358 127.348 0.364
202306 0.512 128.729 0.515
202309 0.472 129.860 0.470
202312 0.548 129.419 0.548
202403 0.459 129.419 0.459

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Iridium Communications  (NAS:IRDM) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Iridium Communications (Iridium Communications) Business Description

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Address
1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1400, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Iridium Communications Inc offers voice and data communications services and products to businesses, U.S. and international government agencies, and other customers on a global basis. The company is a provider of mobile voice and data communications services through a constellation of low earth-orbiting satellites. Reaching across land, sea, and air, including the polar regions, Iridium's solutions are ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation, and utilities. Iridium also provides service to subscribers from the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as other civil and government agencies around the world.
Executives
Matthew J Desch director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SAIC, 10260 CAMPUS POINT DR M/S F3, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jacqueline E Yeaney director 2002 SUMMIT BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, ATLANTA GA 30319
Bryan J. Hartin officer: EVP-Sales and Marketing C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert H Niehaus director, officer: Senior Vice President 4747 GAILLARDIA PARKWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73142
Suzanne E. Mcbride officer: Chief Operations Officer C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Barry West director NEXTEL, 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DR, RESTON VA 20191
Scott Scheimreif officer: EVP-Government Programs C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Thomas C Canfield director C/O SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC., 2800 EXECUTIVE WAY, MIRAMAR FL 33025
Kathleen A. Morgan officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Thomas Fitzpatrick officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP, 3349 RTE 138, WALL NJ 07719
Henrik O. Schliemann director C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Timothy Kapalka officer: VP Iridium Satellite LLC C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, MCLEAN VA 22102
Parker William Rush director 5525 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS TX 75240
A B Krongard director C/O UNDER ARMOUR, INC., 1020 HULL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21230
Kay Sears director C/O IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1750 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400, MCLEAN VA 22102