EchoStar

What the company does

EchoStar is in the wireless telecommunication services industry, part of the communication services sector. The SEC files it under Communications Services, Nec.

EchoStar reports 3 segments: Pay Tv, Retail Wireless and Broadband and Satellite Services.

Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.

Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business

Risks common in this industry

These are general risks for companies in the wireless telecommunication services industry. They are not a summary of EchoStar’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.

1. CompetitionRivals and new platforms compete for audiences, advertisers and subscribers.
2. Advertising and consumer spendingAd budgets and subscriptions follow the economy.
3. Content and rights costsProgramming, rights and network costs can rise faster than revenue.
4. RegulationMedia, privacy and competition rules can limit what it can do.
5. Technology changeShifts in how people watch, listen and connect can make products less relevant.

Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)

Three years of key numbers

Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.

• Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
• Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
• Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
• Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
• Total debt: The current part of long-term debt and lease obligations plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
• Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.

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Recent filings

Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters

Tracked funds that report owning EchoStar

• Citadel Advisors: 3,403,098 shares, reported value $345.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (+575.6% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
• Millennium Management: 2,520,287 shares, reported value $255.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (+117.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
• Carl Icahn: 1,404,542 shares, reported value $142.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (same number of shares as in the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
• Point72 Asset Management: 772,383 shares, reported value $78.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (+90.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
• Renaissance Technologies: 140,787 shares, reported value $14.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
• Bridgewater Associates: 3,554 shares, reported value $0.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (−89.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.

From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.