EchoStar (ECHO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
EchoStar (ECHO) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $3.1 billion for Q2 2026, down 22.22% year-over-year from $3.9 billion in Q2 2025, and down 6.46% on a QoQ basis from $3.3 billion in Q1 2026.
EchoStar (ECHO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
EchoStar has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $3.1 billion in Q2 2026.
- Operating Expenses for Q2 2026 came in at $3.1 billion, down 22.22% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $31.2 billion (up 95.08% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $32.7 billion, up 102.91% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses declined to $3.1 billion in Q2 2026, from $3.3 billion in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $20.3 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at $450.4 million in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of $4.9 billion and a median of $4.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- The largest YoY upside for Operating Expenses was 819.33% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 66.66% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $15.0 billion in 2022, then slumped by 66.66% to $5.0 billion in 2023, then dropped by 19.64% to $4.0 billion in 2024, then grew by 13.55% to $4.6 billion in 2025, then sank by 33.06% to $3.1 billion in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Expenses figures were $3.1 billion in Q2 2026, $3.3 billion in Q1 2026, and $4.6 billion in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.27 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.58 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.26 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.94 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.96 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.02 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.14 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 450.35 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 453.41 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 456.47 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 442.06 Mn |