ECHO vs TV vs VSAT Stock Comparison

EchoStar, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B and Viasat Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ECHO EchoStar CORP
$89.26 -0.9% 1M +20.4% 1Y
Market cap
$25.90B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.65B
Div. yield
–
Satellite Communications Communication Services
2 wins
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.30 -2.5% 1M -3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$143.11B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
4 wins
VSAT Viasat Inc
$66.39 -9.1% 1M +74.2% 1Y
Market cap
$9.15B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.63B
Div. yield
–
Satellite Communications Communication Services
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 4, Viasat 4, EchoStar 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionECHOTVVSATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $25.90B $143.11B $9.15B TV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.6x -292.4x -309.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 3.8x 12.8x — ECHO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.2% +5.5% +1.3% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -38.7% -15.3% -0.6% VSAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -35.4% 2.9% 0.0% TV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 64.6x -2.3x VSAT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +20.4% -3.8% +74.2% VSAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.1%/yr -26.5%/yr +3.6%/yr ECHO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.2% 38.9% 79.0% TV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 21/100 31/100 51/100 VSAT

Percentile Scorecard

ECHOTVVSAT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisECHOTVVSAT
Valuation 13 #22 of 25 4 #24 of 25 46 #14 of 25
Growth 10 #20 of 22 24 #17 of 22 91 #3 of 22
Profitability 14 #19 of 22 24 #17 of 22 33 #15 of 22
Financial Health 48 #14 of 26 72 #8 of 26 64 #10 of 26
Shareholder Returns – – 20 #17 of 21
Overall 21 31 51
  • ECHO ranked among 27 companies in Telecommunications
  • TV ranked among 27 companies in Telecommunications
  • VSAT ranked among 27 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodECHOTVVSATSPY
1 month -0.9%-2.5%-9.1% -0.8%
3 months +3.0%-18.4%-11.3% +3.5%
6 months -26.6%-21.2%+13.2% +7.0%
Year to date -17.9%-21.0%+92.7% +12.2%
1 year +20.4%-3.8%+74.2% +13.0%
3 years +572.6%-2.1%+266.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +88.9%-0.7%+54.2% +23.1%
5 years +286.7%-78.5%+19.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +31.1%-26.5%+3.6% +11.0%
10 years +135.9%-90.9%-7.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.0%-21.4%-0.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureECHOTVVSATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.2%38.9%79.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.8%39.4%71.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.590.693.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.38-0.100.94 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.0%-86.3%-89.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.1%-33.1%-26.1% -1.8%
52-week high $141.80$3.44$89.81 $779.14
52-week low $66.93$2.21$30.35 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleECHOTVVSAT
P/E now vs peer median -4.6xmedian 12.3x -292.4xmedian 12.3x -309.7xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.1x 44.3xmedian 1.1x 2.0xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.8xmedian 5.9x 4,083xmedian 5.9x 17.6xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -35.7xmedian 3.9x —median 3.9x 5.7xmedian 3.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.1x 22.4xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.12median 0.25 9.50median 0.25 11.73median 0.25

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsECHOTVVSAT
Revenue $14.65B $3.23B $4.63B
Gross profit $6.18B $1.78B $1.54B
Operating income -$16.52B $307.39M $108.76M
Net income -$5.68B -$116.03M $8.86M
Free cash flow -$725.18M – $1.59B
R&D – – $176.21M
EPS (diluted) $-16.13 $-0.01 $-0.21
Cash & equivalents $439.99M $1.70B $1.74B
Total debt $24.26B $14.34B $806.11M
Shares (diluted) 351.62M 68.12B 137.12M
Enterprise value $17.03B $135.41B $3.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricECHOTVVSAT
P/E -4.6x -292.4x -309.7x
P/FCF -35.7x – 5.7x
P/Operating cash flow -303.6x – 5.7x
P/S 1.8x 44.3x 2.0x
P/B 1.8x 22.4x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 4.7x 28.7x 3.3x
EV/EBITDA -2.8x 4,083x 17.6x
EV/EBIT -2.6x 473.1x 74.2x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 45.1x 1.7x
EV/FCF -59.1x – 5.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -502.1x – 5.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.12 9.50 11.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricECHOTVVSAT
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.2% 5.5% 1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.4% -11.8% 18.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.5% -37.1% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 23.0% -18.9% 24.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3,046% 255.7% 198.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -135.0% 5.3% 40.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,685% 68.3% 101.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -69.9% -27.1% -79.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,371% -18.4% 95.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.5% -30.8% -26.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -115.9% – 56.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.4% – 54.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.6% – 56.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -60.1% – 60.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricECHOTVVSAT
Gross margin 42.1% 55.2% 33.2%
EBITDA margin -106.3% 1.1% 9.9%
Operating margin -112.7% 9.5% 2.4%
Pretax margin -58.8% 8.3% 2.8%
Net margin -38.7% -15.3% -0.6%
FCF margin -4.9% – 34.4%
Operating cash flow margin -0.6% – 34.4%
Return on equity -57.2% -1.9% 0.2%
Return on assets -14.1% -0.9% 0.1%
Return on invested capital -35.4% 2.9% 0.0%
Return on capital employed -45.1% 2.7% 0.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x – 179.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% – 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricECHOTVVSAT
Debt / assets 44.2% 34.8% 4.4%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.7x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 64.6x -2.3x
Debt / FCF -24.0x – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 64.0% 52.7% 68.8%
Equity / assets 36.0% 47.3% 31.2%
Interest coverage – 0.7x 0.3x
Current ratio 5.2x 2.4x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.5x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 0.29 13.19 0.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricECHOTVVSAT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -0.2%
Shareholder yield – 0.0% -0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusECHOTVVSAT
Forward P/E 3.8xFY2026 12.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $23.27FY2026 $0.18FY2026 $-1.32FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -86.5% +38.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.35BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026 $4.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -11.0%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026 -1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.6% -4.0% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersECHOTVVSAT
Held by institutions 0.0% 0.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1 106 485
Change in shares held, QoQ – -4.9% +10.1%
Institutions buying 1 44 306
Institutions selling 0 33 136
Buyers to sellers – 1.33 2.25

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ECHOTVVSAT
ECHO 1.00 0.14 0.44
TV 0.14 1.00 0.22
VSAT 0.44 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ECHO, TV and VSAT?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) is the largest by market capitalisation: EchoStar (ECHO) $25.90B, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $143.11B, Viasat (VSAT) $9.15B.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: EchoStar (ECHO) -5.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%, Viasat (VSAT) +1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Viasat (VSAT) has the highest net margin (EchoStar (ECHO) -38.7%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%, Viasat (VSAT) -0.6%). On return on invested capital, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) leads (EchoStar (ECHO) -35.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%, Viasat (VSAT) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Viasat (VSAT) returned the most: EchoStar (ECHO) +20.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -3.8%, Viasat (VSAT) +74.2%. Over five years, EchoStar (ECHO) compounded fastest (EchoStar (ECHO) +31.1%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.5%/yr, Viasat (VSAT) +3.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) has been the steadiest (EchoStar (ECHO) 54.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 38.9%, Viasat (VSAT) 79.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ECHO, TV and VSAT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.