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Matthew J Desch bought $347k of IRDM

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER at Iridium Communications Inc.. 20,000 shares at an average of $17.33, traded Oct 30, 2025, filed Nov 3, 2025.

Conviction score
66
Value
$347k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
1,127,019
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+4%
low $16.59, close $17.28
From 52-week high
-45%
high $31.50, as of Oct 30, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $347k at market
    +15
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.8%
    0
  • Price context
    4% above the 52-week low; 45% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

IRDMOct 9, 2026 · close 47.47
Since filing Nov 3, 2025: +164.8%SPY +15.2% · excess +149.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001123292-25-000604, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 30, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$17.33$347k1,127,019Nov 3, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Iridium Communications Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
28Weak
IRDMsell
Iridium Communications Inc.
Timothy James Last
EVP, Sales & Marketing
$267k
5,769 shares
-6%
25Weak
IRDMsell
Iridium Communications Inc.
Timothy James Last
EVP, Sales & Marketing
$95k
2,013 shares
-2%
31Weak
IRDMsell
Iridium Communications Inc.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$375k
20,839 shares
-8%
27Weak
IRDMsell
Iridium Communications Inc.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$182k
10,128 shares
-4%
62Notable
IRDMbuy 2
Iridium Communications Inc.
Robert H Niehaus
director
$525k
30,000 shares
+11%
22Weak
IRDMsell
Iridium Communications Inc.
Timothy Kapalka
CAO IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
$50k
1,922 shares
-5%
46Moderate
IRDMsell 2
Iridium Communications Inc.
Kathleen A. Morgan
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
$504k
15,005 shares
-21%
19Weak
IRDMsell 2
Iridium Communications Inc.
Eric T Olson
director
$169k
4,955 shares
-3%
3Weak
IRDMsell 210b5-1
Iridium Communications Inc.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$357k
12,500 shares
-5%
3Weak
IRDMsell 210b5-1
Iridium Communications Inc.
Timothy James Last
EVP, Sales & Marketing
$1,666
57 shares
-0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Matthew J Desch bought $347k of IRDM | InsiderTell