EchoStar Corporation

ECHO Communication Services Telecom Services

EchoStar Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.0 billion, down 5.18% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−68.8%
EPS
+121.6%
Free cash flow
+133.3%
Total debt
−63.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

90.57 8.05 −8.16%
Market cap
$26.2B
P/E
2.7×
Fwd P/E
3.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−0.80
Beneish M
−4.13
Dividend safety
n/a

EchoStar Corporation (ECHO) Return on invested capital

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EchoStar Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.35%, up 40.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−38.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −38.7% (fiscal 2025) to 63.3% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Telecom Services industry median of 3.77% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −38.7% (38.23)
FY2024 −0.46% (0.03)
FY2023 −0.43% (3.90)
FY2022 3.47% (59.80)
FY2021 63.3% 61.24
FY2020 2.03% 0.79
FY2019 1.24% 0.71
FY2018 0.53% 0.11
FY2017 0.42% (3.63)
FY2016 4.05% 0.19

Against its own ten years

Low −38.7% High 63.3%
Ten-year median 1.24%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
TIGO Millicom International Cellular SA compare 10.5%
CHT Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 9.58%
VIV Telefonica Brasil S.A. compare 8.17%
CHTR Charter Communications, Inc. compare 6.77%
SKM SK Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 3.53%
TELFY Telefonica SA compare 1.78%
ECHO EchoStar Corporation 1.35%
ORANY Orange compare 0.00%
VOD Vodafone Group PLC compare 0.00%
Telecom Services industry median 3.77%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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