Stocks · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
EchoStar Corporation ECHO
$94.25 +6.80% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $14.94B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 22.3% in a year.
- Operating margin widened to 7.2% from -3.4% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 11%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 40%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginTop 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverBottom 35%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 43%
- 6-month returnBottom 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 1%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 46%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 40%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.6% | -5.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 29.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -3.4% | 7.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -9.4% | -1.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.2% | -5.6% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 27.6% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | 7.2% | -3.4% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Net margin | -38.7% | -2.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.9% | -9.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.0% | — | Bottom 11% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -16.7 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.10%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +22.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +61.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $134.00
- Target vs current price
- +42.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +25441.5% | +1.8% | +7.1% | +3.3% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -6.6% | +1.6% | +7.9% | -8.3% | -31.0% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -356.0% | +2.7% | -8.0% | -0.3% | +6.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -3560.3% | -2.3% | -3.7% | +3.0% | +58.8% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | -13.4% | -17.4% | -16.1% | +74.7% | +127.4% |
| May 9, 2025 | +4.6% | +1.4% | -4.0% | -26.7% | +12.1% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +324.0% | +4.8% | +6.1% | -9.3% | -27.8% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -31.6% | -12.9% | -9.4% | -10.8% | +11.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $24.12 | -$0.10 | +25441.5% | $3.58B |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.51 | -$0.48 | -6.6% | $3.67B |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -$4.27 | -$0.94 | -356.0% | $3.80B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$44.37 | -$1.21 | -3560.3% | $3.61B |
| Aug 1, 2025 | -$1.06 | -$0.93 | -13.4% | $3.72B |
| May 9, 2025 | -$0.71 | -$0.74 | +4.6% | $3.87B |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $1.24 | -$0.55 | +324.0% | $3.97B |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.52 | -$0.39 | -31.6% | $3.89B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 3.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 2.19× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.82% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | -26.46% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.8× – 29.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.3%
- RSI (14)
- 57.6
- Relative volume
- 1.49×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 30th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.24
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.19
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 16, 2023 | -68.0% | 505 days | 319 days (Feb 27, 2025) |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Jun 9, 2025 | -48.8% | 69 days | 17 days (Jul 3, 2025) |
| May 20, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -40.8% | 47 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | -26.4% | 50 days | 51 days (Mar 8, 2021) |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -22.7% | 31 days | 82 days (Nov 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $14.94B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$24.94
- Revenue (TTM)
- $14.65B
- 52-week range
- $65.76 – $147.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.82B | $18.63B | $17.02B | $15.83B | $15.00B |
| Gross profit | $7.32B | $6.42B | $5.07B | $5.69B | $3.87B |
| Operating income | $3.42B | $2.23B | -$277.9M | -$304.1M | -$91.1M |
| Net income | $2.49B | $2.48B | -$1.70B | -$119.5M | -$14.50B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.81 | $2.13 | -$6.28 | -$0.44 | -$50.41 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.89B | $3.97B | $3.87B | $3.72B | $3.61B | $3.80B | $3.67B | $3.58B |
| Net income | -$214.1M | $335.2M | -$202.7M | -$306.1M | -$12.78B | -$1.21B | -$146.9M | $8.46B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.79 | $1.17 | -$0.71 | -$1.06 | -$44.37 | -$4.18 | -$0.51 | $24.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $632.2M | $3.62B | $2.43B | $1.25B | -$99.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$472.0M | -$3.05B | -$3.10B | -$1.54B | -$965.7M |
| Free cash flow | $160.3M | $570.7M | -$668.3M | -$292.2M | -$1.07B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$2.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$261.4M | -$89.3M | -$98.8M | -$37.8M | $687,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $496.2M
- Total assets
- $39.43B
- Total liabilities
- $25.22B
- Total debt
- $17.55B
- Net debt
- $17.11B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $14.20B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 26,618,406
- Days to cover
- 10.14
- Change vs previous report
- -4.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 11, 2019
- 617-for-500
- Mar 23, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Oct 26, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Jul 20, 1999
- 2-for-1