EchoStar cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, EchoStar's operations generated −$99.4m of cash; it spent $966m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$1.07bn. It returned $48.5m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 196 | 404 | 447 | 505 | 451 | 840 | 776 | 803 | 727 | 735 | 656 | 534 | 4,655 | 3,621 | 2,433 | 1,253 | −99 | −84 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 244 | 229 | 386 | 457 | 507 | 557 | 461 | 433 | 386 | 457 | 491 | 238 | 1,214 | 1,175 | 1,598 | 1,930 | 1,586 | 636 |
| Stock-based pay | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 83 | 52 | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Capital spending | 214 | 197 | 377 | 513 | 392 | 680 | 809 | 722 | 583 | 555 | 419 | 409 | 1,619 | 3,050 | 3,101 | 1,545 | 966 | 449 |
| Free cash flow | −18 | 207 | 70 | −8 | 59 | 160 | −33 | 81 | 144 | 179 | 238 | 126 | 3,036 | 571 | −668 | −292 | −1,065 | −533 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −31 | 194 | 54 | −22 | 40 | 145 | −55 | 66 | 134 | 169 | 228 | 117 | 2,977 | 488 | −720 | −329 | −1,101 | −567 |
| Share buybacks | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 261 | 89 | — | — | 49 | — |
| Shares issued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 105 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 46 | 207 | 8 | 112 | −425 | 238 | −10 | 113 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 460 | 488 | 493 | 391 | 213 | 167 | 171 | 86 |
| Stock-based pay | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| Capital spending | 344 | 258 | 293 | 256 | 158 | 133 | 92 | 65 |
| Free cash flow | −299 | −52 | −286 | −144 | −583 | 105 | −102 | 48 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −307 | −59 | −294 | −156 | −592 | 95 | −115 | 45 |
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