EchoStar
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Arincen20/100B

If you had invested in EchoStar ago, it would be worth $2,413 today, against $4,096 in SPY and $6,368 in QQQ.

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20/100

Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.

Profitability0

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Cash—

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Valuation3.3

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Growth3.3

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Financial strength3.3

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Shareholders0

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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.

EchoStar key facts

Style
Growth stock · 10.0/10Growth 10.0 · Value 6.1
Day range
97.500 – 100.530
52-week range
65.760 – 147.250
Market capitalization
15.67B USD
P/E
2.88
PEG ratio
0.90
EPS
34.05
Volume
86,876
Beta
0.95
ESG score
69.1/100Environment 69 · Social 71 · Governance 68
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecommunications Services
CEO
Charlie Ergen
Employees
12K
IPO date
1 Jan 2008

EchoStar earnings

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
0.71 USD
Revenue estimate
3.56B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS7.97Beat +4,715.7%Revenue1.13BMissed -67.5%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate
PeriodReport dateEPS estimateReported EPSSurpriseEPS growthRevenue estimateReported revenueSurpriseRevenue growth
Q4 FY20260.71———3.56B——-6.23%
Q3 FY20260.177.97+4,715.71%—3.47B1.13B-67.50%-68.80%
Q2 FY2026-0.1024.12+25,441.46%—3.59B3.58B-0.30%-3.99%
Q1 FY2026-0.48-0.51-6.63%—3.65B3.67B+0.48%-5.23%
Q4 FY2025-0.94-4.27-355.98%-444.35%3.77B3.80B+0.78%-4.31%
Q3 FY2025-1.21-44.37-3,560.29%—3.73B3.61B-3.17%-7.11%
Q2 FY2025-0.93-1.06-13.42%—3.83B3.72B-2.72%-5.76%

EchoStar analyst forecast

12-month price target
134.00 USD
+36.48%

Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 115.00 to 150.00, with an average of 134.00.

Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Strong buy
6 ratings
Buy
6
Hold
0
Sell
0

12-month price target

Highest target150.00
Average target134.00
Lowest target115.00
Current price98.18

EchoStar valuation

Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
2.88
Forward P/E (FY2026)
3.42
Price to sales (TTM)
1.29
Price to book
0.92
EV / EBITDA (TTM)
0.79

Capital structure

Market capitalization
15.67B USD
+
Total debt
9.67B USD
−
Cash and short-term investments
13.97B USD
=
Enterprise value
11.38B USD

Valuation over time

P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Fiscal yearP/EForward P/EP/SP/BEV/EBITDA
FY2028 (est.)35.79————
FY2027 (est.)27.1835.79———
FY2026 (est.)3.4227.18———
Now (TTM)2.8814.211.290.920.79
FY2025-2.163.792.085.42-3.83
FY2024-52.05—0.400.3113.61
FY2023-2.64—0.260.23-115.43
FY20227.83—0.070.065.36
FY202132.53—0.120.710.74

EchoStar against its own history

Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.

Its peers: Charter Communications, AST SpaceMobile, Globalstar, Iridium Communications, Lumen Technologies, and Telephone and Data Systems, the US Telecommunications Services companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.

  • Gross marginLowest in 5 years25.8%
    25.8%36.9%
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 49.9%
  • Operating marginLowest in 5 years-118.1%
    -118.1%17.3%
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 1.9%
  • Net marginLowest in 5 years-96.6%
    -96.6%13.3%
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median -1.8%
  • Return on equityLowest in 5 years-251.4%
    -251.4%74.1%
    Against its peers: 6 of 6Peers' median -0.1%
  • Free cash flow marginLowest in 5 years-7.1%
    -7.1%3.1%
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 12.0%
  • Revenue growthAbove its median-5.2%
    -8.7%949.8%
    Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 2.2%
  • Current ratioLowest in 5 years0.42
    0.424.19
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 2.26

Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.

EchoStar growth and profitability

Revenue (TTM)
12.17B USD
Net income (TTM)
9.89B USD
Gross margin
29.79%
Operating margin
2.25%
Net margin
81.29%

Revenue / Net income

Revenue Net income Net margin
PeriodRevenueGrowthNet incomeGrowthGross marginOperating marginNet marginEBITDAGrowth
FY202515.00B-5.18%-14.50B—25.82%-118.12%-96.62%-15.79B-775.70%
FY202415.83B-6.99%-119.55M—35.95%-1.92%-0.76%2.34B—
FY202317.02B-8.69%-1.70B-168.69%29.80%-1.63%-10.00%-247.35M-105.39%
FY202218.63B-5.98%2.48B-0.34%34.47%11.98%13.30%4.59B-1.83%
FY202119.82B+949.77%2.49B—36.95%17.27%12.55%4.67B+624.69%

EchoStar financial health

Cash and short-term investments
13.97B USD
Total debt
9.67B USD
Net cash
4.30B USD
Free cash flow (TTM)
-532.75M USD
Current ratio
10.16
Debt to equity
0.57
Piotroski score
5 / 9
Altman Z-score
2.81

Cash, debt and free cash flow

Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Fiscal yearCash and short-term investmentsTotal debtFree cash flow
FY20252.06B31.01B-1.07B
FY20245.55B29.81B-292.18M
FY20232.44B25.89B-668.27M
FY20224.31B25.72B570.72M
FY20211.55B1.65B160.01M

EchoStar ownership

Free float
84.26%

Shares free to trade

Free float 134.50M shares ·84.3% Closely held 25.12M shares ·15.7%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Insider trading

QuarterPurchasesSalesShares acquiredShares disposed of
Q3 20260441.03M43.67M
Q2 2026002.32M4.63M

Shares outstanding

Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Fiscal yearBasic sharesDiluted sharesChange in diluted shares
FY2025287.59M287.59M+4.93%
FY2024274.08M274.08M+1.20%
FY2023270.84M270.84M-11.99%
FY202283.16M307.73M+242.15%
FY202189.91M89.94M-8.15%

Source: Financial Modeling Prep

Title: EchoStar Corp.

Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Telecommunications Services
Satellite television provides the bulk of EchoStar's revenue. The firm serves about 5 million US satellite customers, about 10% of the traditional television market. It also serves 2 million customers under the Sling brand. EchoStar has also amassed an extensive portfolio of spectrum licenses. It acquired Sprint's prepaid business, serving approximately 7 million customers, primarily under the Boost brand. The firm has agreed to sell a portion of its wireless licenses to AT&T and SpaceX, and will rely heavily on the AT&T network to serve customers. EchoStar's legacy businesses provide satellite telecom services and equipment to businesses and consumers, including about 700,000 internet customers.

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