Founder, BWS Financial Inc

Hamed Khorsand

Founder

Independent Stock Specific Research

BWS Financial Inc

BWS provides independent stock specific research focused on companies with distinct value that are going through a special situation where there is a tangible catalyst not priced in. The catalyst can be anything from new product, restructuring, M&A, management change, change in business strategy, etc. BWS’s focus is to understand the change and evaluate the potential return for investors.

BWS utilizes a self formed proprietary approach in discovering stocks by putting great emphasis on deep research. BWS does generate short recommendations following a similar criteria.

Equity Bottom-Up

Iridium Communications / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>IRDM reported first quarter results with equipment revenue providing the necessary lift to total revenue for IRDM to beat consensus estimates</li>
<li>IOT subscribers continued to rise in the quarter with IRDM disclosing it has entered into a two-year agreement with a major IOT partner that provides revenue clarity for both parties.</li>
<li>IRDM reported first quarter revenue of $203.9 million compared to our estimate of $197.7 million. The reason for the outperformance was due to equipment revenue</li>
</ul>


IRDM reported first quarter results with equipment revenue providing the necessary lift to total revenue for IRDM to beat consensus estimates
IOT subscribers continued to rise in the quarter with IRDM disclosing it has entered into a two-year agreement with a major IOT partner that provides revenue clarity for both parties.
IRDM reported first quarter revenue of $203.9 million compared to our estimate of $197.7 million. The reason for the outperformance was due to equipment revenue


Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Iridium Communications Inc.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings indicated strong performance with impressive service revenue and operational EBITDA. The company reported more than $300 million in pro-forma free cash flow for the full year, emphasizing growing cash flow as its primary narrative.</li><li>The satellite communications provider has generated about $1 billion in free cash flow since turning cash flow positive in late 2019 after completing its second-generation constellation.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Iridium Communications Inc.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings indicated strong performance with impressive service revenue and operational EBITDA. The company reported more than $300 million in pro-forma free cash flow for the full year, emphasizing growing cash flow as its primary narrative.The satellite communications provider has generated about $1 billion in free cash flow since turning cash flow positive in late 2019 after completing its second-generation constellation.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

Iridium Communications Inc.: Expanding Commercial Broadband Services To Enhance Top-Line Growth! - Major Drivers

<ul>
<li>IRDM is facing a competitive challenge while undergoing an accounting change that could result in the stock, at minimum, staying near current levels for an extended period of time</li>
<li>IRDM’s management has previously boasted how the Company does not face competition from broadband satellite service providers.  </li>
<li>Starlink as a competitor into IRDM’s market has credible level of threat to IRDM’s ability to grow.</li>
</ul>


IRDM is facing a competitive challenge while undergoing an accounting change that could result in the stock, at minimum, staying near current levels for an extended period of time
IRDM’s management has previously boasted how the Company does not face competition from broadband satellite service providers.  
Starlink as a competitor into IRDM’s market has credible level of threat to IRDM’s ability to grow.


IRDM: Accounting and Competition, Downgrading

<ul><li>This is our first report on mobile voice and data communications services provider, Iridium Communications.</li><li>The company's Q3 2023 Earnings demonstrated both the company's resilient growth and emerging challenges in an increasingly competitive environment.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

This is our first report on mobile voice and data communications services provider, Iridium Communications.The company's Q3 2023 Earnings demonstrated both the company's resilient growth and emerging challenges in an increasingly competitive environment.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Iridium Communications: Initiation of Coverage - Can It Capitalize On The IoT Explosion? - Major Drivers

<ul>
<li>IRDM has announced the termination of its partnership with Qualcomm (QCOM). The news is disappointing, but not a surprise.</li>
<li>IRDM has not included revenue from the partnership within its guidance for 2023 nor its 2030 free cash flow target</li>
<li>We were hopeful QCOM was looking to make a bigger splash at CES in January 2024 with a new update</li>
</ul>


IRDM has announced the termination of its partnership with Qualcomm (QCOM). The news is disappointing, but not a surprise.
IRDM has not included revenue from the partnership within its guidance for 2023 nor its 2030 free cash flow target
We were hopeful QCOM was looking to make a bigger splash at CES in January 2024 with a new update


United States

Iridium Communications, Inc. offers mobile satellite communications services. The Company's satellites operate in a low-earth orbit and provide 100% global coverage.  Iridium Holdings offers voice and data communications services to the United States and foreign governments; businesses; non-governmental organizations; and consumers.

Iridium Communications (IRDM US)

IRDM: Positioning for the Next Catalyst

Q1 results included news of entering into a two-year agreement with an IOT partner that helps establish clarity for both parties. We are doubtful...

BWS Financial Inc

Iridium Communications Inc.: Expanding Commercial Broadband Services To Enhance Top-Line Growth! - Major Drivers

Iridium Communications Inc.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings indicated strong performance with impressive service revenue and operational EBITDA....

Baptista Research

IRDM: Accounting and Competition, Downgrading

IRDM has changed its accounting for useful life of its satellite network. Additionally, IRDM has competition from Starlink for a portion of...

BWS Financial Inc

Iridium Communications: Initiation of Coverage - Can It Capitalize On The IoT Explosion? - Major Drivers

This is our first report on mobile voice and data communications services provider, Iridium Communications. The company's Q3 2023 Earnings...

Baptista Research

IRDM: QCOM Partnership Terminated

The market was already pricing IRDM without the QCOM relationship after IRDM's third quarter earnings call, so we do not think this is much of a...

BWS Financial Inc