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Iridium Communications (LTS:0JDO) Interest Expense : $-92.3 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Iridium Communications Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Iridium Communications's interest expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $ -21.8 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $-92.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income(EBIT) by its Interest Expense. Iridium Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $ 60.4 Mil. Iridium Communications's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $ -21.8 Mil. Iridium Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.77. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Iridium Communications Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Iridium Communications's Interest Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Iridium Communications Interest Expense Chart

Iridium Communications Annual Data
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Interest Expense
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Iridium Communications Quarterly Data
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Iridium Communications Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-92.3 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Iridium Communications  (LTS:0JDO) Interest Expense Explanation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense. The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Iridium Communications's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-21.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $60.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,778.4 Mil.

Iridium Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*60.388/-21.824
=2.77

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.


Iridium Communications Business Description

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1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1400, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Iridium Communications Inc is the commercial provider of communications services offering true globalised coverage, connecting people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. The company is a provider of mobile voice and data communications services through a constellation of low earth-orbiting satellites. 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 world-wide. The Company operates in one business segment, providing satellite communications services and products.

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