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Company snapshot — EchoStar Corporation

ECHO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
EchoStar provides pay-television service across satellite, streaming and fixed networks, and separately runs a wireless arm building out mobile network and 5G deployment. Its broadband and satellite unit sells connectivity and terminal equipment to consumer, enterprise and government customers, including in-flight links for airlines. Brands include Boost Mobile, DISH and Gen Mobile, and the company is based in Englewood, in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
EchoStar carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our two build-out indices, so the diary places it instead within the wider Communication Services sector of our universe, alongside media and telecom names rather than the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group here is scored names from Communication Services in the United States, a mixed set spanning Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Applovin, Reddit, NetEase, Kanzhun, Telkom Indonesia and Chunghwa Telecom; the market's more direct comparison is DirecTV in pay-television.
Why Closelook tracks it
EchoStar carries a Closelook score with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest, but it holds no seat in our indices and no mention in the diary's editions, so coverage here is limited to the score itself.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the wireless and 5G build-out starts converting into steadier cash generation, given how weak the balance-sheet reading has run against the rest of the score.

EchoStar Corporation (ECHO) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelook company score reads 26/100 composite (momentum 14, quality 16, valuation 52) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ECHO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Telecom Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Telecom Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ECHO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 49 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ECHO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 49 m USD 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +4.9% in FY2025 36 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 49 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −0.1% week · +2.2% month · +6.2% quarter · −2.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is EchoStar Corporation (ECHO)?

EchoStar Corporation trades as ECHO on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is ECHO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — EchoStar Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is EchoStar Corporation's Closelook composite score?

26 out of 100, with momentum 14, quality 16 and valuation 52 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ECHO trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +6.2% vs the 50-day and -12.3% vs the 200-day average, 35.2% below the 52-week high and +45.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 36 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does EchoStar Corporation do?

EchoStar provides pay-television service across satellite, streaming and fixed networks, and separately runs a wireless arm building out mobile network and 5G deployment. Its broadband and satellite unit sells connectivity and terminal equipment to consumer, enterprise and government customers, including in-flight links for airlines. Brands include Boost Mobile, DISH and Gen Mobile, and the company is based in Englewood, in the United States. Closelook's peer group here is scored names from Communication Services in the United States, a mixed set spanning Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Applovin, Reddit, NetEase, Kanzhun, Telkom Indonesia and Chunghwa Telecom; the market's more direct comparison is DirecTV in pay-television.

Where does EchoStar Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

EchoStar carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our two build-out indices, so the diary places it instead within the wider Communication Services sector of our universe, alongside media and telecom names rather than the compute stack. EchoStar carries a Closelook score with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest, but it holds no seat in our indices and no mention in the diary's editions, so coverage here is limited to the score itself.

Does EchoStar Corporation pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in EchoStar Corporation’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 49 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 4.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ECHO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Telecom Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.