IRDM

Iridium Communications

Communication Services›Diversified Telecommunication Services›Alternative Carriers

3 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Oct 8, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for IRDM

Among the 3 Alternative Carriers peers screened, LUMN (Lumen Technologies) has tracked IRDM most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.16. The strongest fund stand-in is IYZ (iShares US Telecommunications ETF) at 0.47 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
LUMN	Lumen Technologies	Alternative Carriers	0.16	0.13	0.14	0.18
UNIT	Uniti Group	Alternative Carriers	0.16	0.16	0.20	0.25
CCOI	Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.	Alternative Carriers	0.15	0.18	0.22	0.26

ETFS

Fund stand-ins

An ETF is generally not 'substantially identical' to a single stock, which is why funds are the standard wash-sale-aware replacement.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
IYZ	iShares US Telecommunications ETF	Telecom	INDUSTRY	0.47	0.45	0.43	0.50
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.30	0.26	0.32	0.41
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.30	0.26	0.32	—
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.29	0.28	0.34	0.45
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.29	0.28	0.34	0.44
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.28	0.28	0.34	0.44
SOCL	Global X Social Media ETF	Social Media	SUB-IND	0.23	0.24	0.28	0.37
FCOM	Fidelity MSCI Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.21	0.24	0.31	0.42
VOX	Vanguard Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.20	0.24	0.31	0.43
ESPO	VanEck Video Gaming & eSports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.20	0.19	0.27	0.37
HERO	Global X Video Games & Esports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.19	0.22	0.28	0.35
XLC	Communication Services SPDR	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.16	0.21	0.28	0.40

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.