Iridium Communications Stock Options Expiring on 19th of December 2025
| IRDM Stock | USD 30.29 0.55 1.78% |
Iridium Communications' latest option contracts expiring on 2025-12-19 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.08 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 12 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2025-12-19. The total put volume is at 8.0, with calls trading at the volume of 8.0. This yields a 0.29 put-to-call volume ratio.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Iridium Communications. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment. Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Iridium Communications lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Iridium Communications' value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Iridium Communications contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Iridium Stock moves the wrong way.
Iridium Communications In The Money Call Balance
When Iridium Communications' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Iridium Communications stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Iridium Communications' options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Iridium Communications are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Iridium Current Options Market Mood
Iridium Communications' open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Iridium Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most Iridium Communications' options investors are not very successful. Iridium Communications' option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current Iridium contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Iridium Communications will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.005281% per day over the life of the 2025-12-19 option contract. With Iridium Communications trading at USD 30.29, that is roughly USD 0.0016. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Iridium Communications' daily price movement you should consider buying Iridium Communications options at the current volatility level of 0.0845%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Iridium Communications Option Chain
When Iridium Communications' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Iridium Communications stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Iridium Communications' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Iridium. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Iridium. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Iridium Communications against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. | Open Int | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 17 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 13.1 | In |
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 25 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 7.75 | In |
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 30 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 7.0 | In |
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 35 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 40 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.3 | |
Call | IRDM Option Call 19-12-2025 45 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.15 | |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 17 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.39 | |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 20 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.05 | |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 22 | 2 | 2025-12-19 | 0.5 - 4.4 | 2.57 | Out |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 25 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.6 | |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 30 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.95 | |
Put | IRDM Option Put 19-12-2025 35 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 9.3 | In |
Iridium Total Stockholder Equity
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Iridium Communications Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the Iridium Communications' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Iridium Communications inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Iridium. The board's role is to monitor Iridium Communications' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Iridium Communications' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Iridium Communications' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Iridium Communications. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment. To learn how to invest in Iridium Stock, please use our How to Invest in Iridium Communications guide.You can also try the Balance Of Power module to check stock momentum by analyzing Balance Of Power indicator and other technical ratios.
Is Diversified Telecommunication Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Iridium Communications. If investors know Iridium will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Iridium Communications listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 1.074 | Dividend Share 0.54 | Earnings Share 0.93 | Revenue Per Share 6.697 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.077 |
The market value of Iridium Communications is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Iridium that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Iridium Communications' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Iridium Communications' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Iridium Communications' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Iridium Communications' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Iridium Communications' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Iridium Communications is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Iridium Communications' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.