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EchoStar CORP (ECHO) company profile

ECHONasdaqCommunications Services, NECFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 3, 2026Score 4/3011% below fair value
$102.20−1.96 (-1.88%)

Close on Nov 11, 2026Market cap $29.69BP/E –Yield –

About EchoStar

Communications Services, NEC, SIC 4899

EchoStar Corporation is a holding company providing telecommunications, video, and satellite connectivity services through four main operating segments: Pay-TV, Wireless, Broadband and Satellite Services, and Other. The company delivers multichannel video entertainment via satellite under the DISH brand and direct-to-consumer streaming television through SLING TV. In wireless communications, it supplies mobile talk, text, high-speed data, and mobile devices under the Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile brands. The enterprise and consumer broadband business provides satellite-based internet access, ground systems, network technologies, and in-flight connectivity solutions. EchoStar primarily serves individual consumers across its television and wireless divisions, while also providing satellite hardware, communications solutions, and network infrastructure to aviation providers, commercial enterprises, government entities, and third-party pay-TV providers.

The company operates its television and wireless communications services throughout the United States, maintaining millions of video and mobile accounts alongside broadband subscribers across the Americas. EchoStar maintains its principal executive offices in Englewood, Colorado.

Summary of the business section of EchoStar's latest annual report, written by StockData.

Company profile

Company

Legal name
EchoStar CORP
Founded
2007
Headquarters
Englewood, CO
Address
9601 South Meridian Boulevard 80112
Phone
(303) 723-1000
Employees
12,100, Dec 31, 2025
Industry
Communications Services, NEC
Incorporated in
Nevada
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Auditor
KPMGLLP, Denver, Colorado

Stock & identifiers

Ticker
ECHO
Former tickers
SATS until Jun 25, 2026
Exchange
Nasdaq
IPO date
Jan 2, 2008
Shares outstanding
290M, Jul 21, 2026
Public float
$3.74B, Jun 30, 2025
Filer category
Large accelerated filer
Stock splits
1-for-309 reverse, Feb 29, 2024
SEC CIK
1415404
CUSIP
278768106
ISIN
US2787681061
FIGI
BBG000TGLV00
Share class FIGI
BBG001T048Z5
LEI
549300EE20907QZ9GT38
EIN
26-1232727

Executives and directors

Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years

NamePositionShares owned
Charles W. ErgenCHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, Director19,917,220
Hamid AkhavanCEO, EchoStar Capital, Director911,070
Robert Joseph RupczynskiPresident, Retail Wireless–
John SwieringaPRES, TECH & COO232,505
Paul W. OrbanEVP, Chief Financial Officer50,971
Dean MansonCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER6,201
Paul GaskeCOO, HUGHES3,113
William P. WallDirector3,500
Katherine E. FlynnDirector12,344
William David WadeDirector767
Stephen J. ByeDirector5,820
Cantey ErgenDirector16,886,000
Lisa W. HershmanDirector7,572
James DefrancoDirector1,885,257
R. Stanton DodgeDirector28,197
George R. BrokawDirector4,508
Tom A. OrtolfDirector5,522
Kathleen Q. AbernathyDirector266

CEO pay and shareholder return

Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement

Fiscal yearCEO total payCEO pay actually paidOther executives (avg)Value of $100 investedPeer group
FY2025
Mr Akhavan
$8.57M$86.75M$1.33M$49$106
FY2025
Mr.Ergen
$4.65M$173.17M$1.33M$49$106
FY2024$8.93M$88.78M$5.27M$53$111
FY2023$7.19M$7.23M$1.03M$38$95
FY2022
Mr Akhavan
$15.29M$11.36M$1.81M$39$85
FY2022
Mr Dugan
$635.52K$507.44K$1.81M$39$85

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Executive compensation, fiscal 2025

Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement

ExecutiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsIncentive payOtherTotalvs. prior year
Charles W. Ergen
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
$1.00M–––$3.65M$4.65M+13%
Hamid Akhavan
President and Chief Executive Officer, EchoStar Capital
$2.50M$6.03M––$41.38K$8.57M-4%
John W. Swieringa
President, Technology and Chief Operating Officer
$1.03M$6.37M$2.42M$365.25K$7.00K$10.18M+105%
Paul W. Orban
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, DISH
$696.15K$3.98M––$7.52K$4.68M+102%
Dean A. Manson
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
$682.09K–$604.29K$420.04K$71.98K$1.78M+13%
Paul Gaske
Chief Operating Officer, Hughes
$750.01K–$604.29K$237.00K$79.76K$1.67M–

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

Employees

Headcount reported in annual reports

“We had approximately 12,100 employees at December 31, 2025, the majority of whom were located in the United States and approximately 600 internationally.”

Corporate history

Events identified from SEC filings

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