EchoStar Corporation (SATS)

FairStock Score: 34/100 — RISKY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a Buffett/Graham investor, I look for durable businesses, honest accounting, and a margin of safety. EchoStar fails several of those tests on the supplied numbers. It sells pay-TV and satellite services, but revenue growth is -4.31% and profit growth is -460.10%, so the core business is contracting and profitability is deteriorating. The latest reported quarter, 2026-Q2, shows $3.6B revenue and $8.5B net income, a 236.63% margin, but that is not consistent with trailing EPS of -$50.21, a FairStock negative P/E of -1.83, or FairStock ROE of -112.28%; I would treat it as an anomaly requiring explanation, not recurring earning power. Financial health is poor: FairStock debt-to-equity is 5.15, trailing free cash flow is negative $827.7M, and FCF yield is -2.4%. ROCE of 0.40% is far below what I would require. The Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 is middling, but the Altman Z-Score of 1.63 suggests financial distress. Valuation offers no comfort: at the 2026-07-17 close of $92.03, the market cap is $34.2B and FairStock P/B is 4.73 for a business with negative returns. FairStock Score is 30/100. The pay-TV/satellite business is capital-intensive and competitive, and no Lynch category is assigned because there are not three years of filed results. Without a clearer path to positive free cash flow, lower leverage, and durable revenue, this looks speculative rather than a Graham bargain.

In plain English: EchoStar provides satellite TV and related telecom services in many countries. The business looks financially weak: sales are shrinking, it carries heavy debt, and it is burning cash. At about $92 a share, the price does not look clearly cheap given those losses and weak returns.

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Data as of 2026-07-17 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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