EchoStar ECHO
EchoStar is the 352nd largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $25.9 billion. It joined the S&P 500 in the week of 27 Mar 2026. 11 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 1 of them an executive. 3 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 5.5% of the company.
- CEO
- Charles W. Ergen
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Sub-industry
- Wireless Telecommunication Services
- Headquarters
- Englewood, Colorado
- Founded
- 2008
- More
- Wikipedia
- Market cap
- $25.9B
- 352nd largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Price to sales
- 1.7
- Market cap over revenue
- Market cap per employee
- $2.1M
- Market cap over employees
- Connections
- 0
- S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer
Largest institutional holders
Each fund group's share of EchoStar. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.
13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026
Board and officers
Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Directors (11) | |
| Charles W. ErgenCHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO | |
| Kathleen Q. AbernathyDirector | |
| Hamid AkhavanDirector | |
| George R. BrokawDirector | |
| Stephen J. ByeDirector | |
| James DefrancoDirector | |
| R. Stanton DodgeDirector | |
| Cantey ErgenDirector | |
| Lisa W. HershmanDirector | |
| Tom A. OrtolfDirector | |
| William David WadeDirector | |
| Officers (3) | |
| Paul W. OrbanEVP, Chief Financial OfficerLast filed 7 Jul 2026 | |
| Robert Joseph RupczynskiPresident, Retail WirelessLast filed 11 May 2026 | |
| John SwieringaPres, Tech & COOLast filed 6 Mar 2026 | |
EchoStar's market cap since December 2008
Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.
Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026
| Week ending | Market cap |
|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $25.9B |
| 26 Dec 2025 | $30.4B |
| 27 Dec 2024 | $6.1B |
| 29 Dec 2023 | $4.5B |
| 30 Dec 2022 | $1.4B |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $2.3B |
| 25 Dec 2020 | $2.1B |
| 27 Dec 2019 | $4.3B |
| 28 Dec 2018 | $3.5B |
| 29 Dec 2017 | $5.7B |
| 30 Dec 2016 | $4.8B |
| 25 Dec 2015 | $3.6B |
| 26 Dec 2014 | $4.8B |
| 27 Dec 2013 | $4.5B |
| 28 Dec 2012 | $2.9B |
| 30 Dec 2011 | $1.8B |
| 31 Dec 2010 | $2.1B |
| 25 Dec 2009 | $1.7B |
| 26 Dec 2008 | $1.2B |
Download EchoStar's data as JSON, with the weekly market caps in billions of dollars from 5 Dec 2008.
Workforce
Headcount at 31 Dec 2025
- Employees
- 12,100
Our business will be adversely affected if we fail to effectively identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled personnel with knowledge of our industries.We had approximately 12,100 employees at December 31, 2025, the majority of whom were located in the United States and approximately 600 internationally.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.
Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Directors and officers sold $57.4 million of stock in 12 sales and bought $68,070 in 1 purchase in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
| Date | Person | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026Sale | William David WadeDirector | $222K |
| 12 Aug 2026Sale | William David WadeDirector | $239K |
| 7 Aug 2026Sale | Stephen J. ByeDirector | $764K |
| 12 Jun 2026Sale | Dean MansonChief Legal Officer | $1.3M |
| 5 Jun 2026Sale | Hamid AkhavanDirector | $6.4M |
| 4 Jun 2026Sale | Dean MansonChief Legal Officer | $1.2M |
| 6 Mar 2026Sale | Hamid AkhavanDirector | $7.6M |
| 5 Mar 2026Sale | Dean MansonChief Legal Officer | $2.2M |
| 4 Mar 2026Sale | John SwieringaPres, Tech & COO | $5.7M |
| 11 Dec 2025Sale | Hamid AkhavanDirector | $30M |
Showing 10 of 13 trades
WARN layoff notices
Notices filed under EchoStar's own name. Subsidiaries that file under their own names are not included.
Notices from 26 Oct 2023 to 26 Oct 2026
EchoStar filed 1 notice covering 17 workers since October 2023.
| Notice | Place | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2025 | Columbia, MD | 17 |
Not on file: no director or officer shared with another S&P 500 company and no trades disclosed by members of Congress or officials since October 2023.