Iridium Communications Ownership | Who Owns Iridium Communications?

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Iridium Communications Ownership Summary

Iridium Communications is owned by 81.97% institutional investors, 11.36% insiders, and 6.66% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.51% of IRDM shares. Baron Small Cap Growth Strategy is the top mutual fund, with 6.02% of its assets in Iridium Communications shares.

IRDM Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Iridium Communications	81.97%	11.36%	6.66%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	41.41%	13.19%	45.40%
Industry	Telecom Stocks	36.73%	13.14%	50.12%
Idea	Space Stocks List	32.44%	13.66%	53.91%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	11.71M	9.51%	$311.67M
Vanguard group	11.54M	9.37%	$307.20M
Bamco inc /ny/	11.18M	9.08%	$297.69M
State street	4.23M	3.44%	$112.68M
Silver heights capital management	3.73M	3.03%	$99.42M
Van berkom & associates	3.48M	2.83%	$92.64M
Ark investment management	2.52M	2.05%	$67.10M
Nikko asset management americas	2.49M	2.02%	$66.31M
Sumitomo mitsui trust	2.48M	2.01%	$65.90M
Geode capital management	2.12M	1.72%	$56.44M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Silver heights capital management	3.73M	41.97%	$99.42M
Anchor capital management company	695.17K	19.63%	$18.51M
Van berkom & associates	3.48M	2.77%	$92.64M
Robertson opportunity capital	188.25K	2.22%	$5.01M
Bamco inc /ny/	11.18M	0.85%	$297.69M
Skylands capital	213.54K	0.81%	$5.68M
Nikko asset management americas	2.49M	0.77%	$66.31M
Ark investment management	2.52M	0.60%	$67.10M
Wealthtrust axiom	62.46K	0.55%	$1.66M
Arrowmark colorado	1.57M	0.50%	$41.80M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Victory capital management	1.60M	0.04%	1.57M
Norges bank	1.51M	0.01%	1.51M
Schroder investment management group	1.24M	0.04%	1.22M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	616.55K	0.01%	616.55K
Barclays	718.98K	0.01%	546.25K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Clearbridge investments	-	-	-1.32M
Capital world investors	-	-	-1.00M
Millennium management	610.50K	0.01%	-879.96K
Select equity group	598.94K	0.06%	-826.88K
Bamco inc /ny/	11.18M	0.85%	-742.93K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.51M	0.01%	1.51M	$40.10M
Robertson opportunity capital	188.25K	2.22%	188.25K	$5.01M
Corebridge financial	153.71K	0.02%	153.71K	$4.09M
Nordea investment management ab	135.29K	0.00%	135.29K	$3.60M
Paralel advisors	87.26K	0.11%	87.26K	$2.32M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sjs investment consulting	-4.00
Tfo-tdc	-6.00
Sachetta	-31.00
Innealta capital	-33.00
Abich financial wealth management	-39.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2024	360	0.56%	96,277,538	-4.90%	81	1.16%	166	-4.05%	129	2.38%
Jun 30, 2024	354	3.51%	101,156,062	-0.83%	82	1.25%	171	-6.56%	124	15.89%
Mar 31, 2024	342	-2.29%	101,998,956	-0.74%	81	1.21%	183	20.39%	107	-24.65%
Dec 31, 2023	350	-4.63%	102,755,922	2.18%	81	1.27%	152	-	142	-10.13%
Sep 30, 2023	367	-8.48%	100,560,734	-2.31%	80	1.22%	152	-20.83%	158	21.54%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Baron Small Cap Growth Strategy	6.85M	6.02%	-121.00K
Baron Growth Retail	6.85M	6.02%	-121.00K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	3.71M	3.26%	12.22K
Van Berkom Sm-Cap Eq	3.40M	2.87%	-686.20K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.27M	2.87%	4.49K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	2.61M	2.29%	-77.01K
T. Rowe Price Integrated US SmCapGrEq	2.45M	2.15%	1.45M
Baron Partners Retail	1.77M	1.56%	-25.00K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	1.74M	1.53%	-37.34K
ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF	1.62M	1.42%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jan 10, 2025	FITZPATRICK THOMAS	-	Sell	$356.63K
Jan 02, 2025	Last Timothy James	EVP, Sales & Marketing	Sell	$1.67K
Nov 04, 2024	McBride Suzanne E.	CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER	Sell	$130.30K
Oct 23, 2024	NIEHAUS ROBERT H	-	Sell	$1.13M
Mar 06, 2024	Harman Jane L.	-	Sell	$107.90K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q4	-	2
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2024 Q1	-	1
2023 Q4	1	-

IRDM Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Iridium Communications?

Iridium Communications shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 81.97%, followed by 11.36% insiders and 6.67% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Iridium Communications's industry, Telecom Stocks , is 36.73%, which Iridium Communications exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Iridium Communications?

Iridium Communications’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (11.71M shares, 9.51%), Vanguard group (11.54M shares, 9.37%), and Bamco inc /ny/ (11.18M shares, 9.08%). Together, they hold 27.96% of Iridium Communications’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Iridium Communications?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.51% of Iridium Communications, totaling 11.71M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 311.67M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 34.71K shares, a 0.30% change.

Who is Iridium Communications’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Silver heights capital management is Iridium Communications’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 41.97% of its assets in 3.73M Iridium Communications shares, valued at 99.42M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Iridium Communications shares?

Baron Small Cap Growth Strategy is the top mutual fund holder of Iridium Communications shares, with 6.02% of its total shares outstanding invested in 6.85M Iridium Communications shares.

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