EchoStar CORP (ECHO) company profile
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
- Website
- dishanywhere.com
- 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
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Ergen | CHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, Director | 19,917,220 |
| Hamid Akhavan | CEO, EchoStar Capital, Director | 911,070 |
| Robert Joseph Rupczynski | President, Retail Wireless | – |
| John Swieringa | PRES, TECH & COO | 232,505 |
| Paul W. Orban | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 50,971 |
| Dean Manson | CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | 6,201 |
| Paul Gaske | COO, HUGHES | 3,113 |
| William P. Wall | Director | 3,500 |
| Katherine E. Flynn | Director | 12,344 |
| William David Wade | Director | 767 |
| Stephen J. Bye | Director | 5,820 |
| Cantey Ergen | Director | 16,886,000 |
| Lisa W. Hershman | Director | 7,572 |
| James Defranco | Director | 1,885,257 |
| R. Stanton Dodge | Director | 28,197 |
| George R. Brokaw | Director | 4,508 |
| Tom A. Ortolf | Director | 5,522 |
| Kathleen Q. Abernathy | Director | 266 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer 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
| Executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. 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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