ECHO vs IRDM
EchoStar Corporation and Iridium Communications Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | ECHO | IRDM |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.0B | $871.7M |
| Net income | $-14.5B | $114.4M |
| Gross margin | 86.1% | −109.7% |
| Net margin | −96.6% | 13.1% |
| Return on equity | −111.7% | 22.0% |
| Diluted EPS | — | $1.06 |
| Dividend / share | — | $0.13 |
| Payout ratio | — | 55.0% |
| Free cash flow | $-1.1B | $299.8M |
| Equity | $5.8B | $462.6M |
| Net debt / equity | 2.91× | 3.60× |
| Current ratio | 0.42× | 2.48× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 51.4% | 8.4% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | — |
ECHO bills 17.2× the revenue of IRDM, and ECHO closed the last reported year at a loss.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | ECHO | IRDM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $15.0B | $871.7M |
| FY2024 | $15.8B | $830.7M |
| FY2023 | $17.0B | $790.7M |
| FY2022 | $18.6B | $721.0M |
| FY2021 | $19.8B | $614.5M |
| FY2020 | $1.9B | $583.4M |
| FY2019 | $1.9B | $560.4M |
| FY2018 | $1.8B | $18.4M |
| FY2017 | $1.5B | $21.2M |
| FY2016 | $1.8B | $24.6M |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | ECHO | IRDM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $-14.5B | $114.4M |
| FY2024 | $-119.5M | $112.8M |
| FY2023 | $-1.7B | $15.4M |
| FY2022 | $2.5B | $8.7M |
| FY2021 | $2.5B | $-9.3M |
| FY2020 | $-51.9M | $-56.1M |
| FY2019 | $-74.3M | $-162.0M |
| FY2018 | $-38.6M | $-13.4M |
| FY2017 | $392.6M | $233.9M |
| FY2016 | $179.9M | $111.0M |
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