Growth Metrics

EchoStar (SATS) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

EchoStar (SATS) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $4.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 13.55% to $4.6 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $32.7 billion through Dec 2025, up 102.91% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $32.7 billion for FY2025, 102.91% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $4.6 billion in Q4 2025 for EchoStar, down from $20.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $20.3 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $429.1 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $4.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $4.0 billion in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: surged 3186.52% in 2021 and later crashed 66.66% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $15.1 billion in 2021, then decreased by 0.33% to $15.0 billion in 2022, then plummeted 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for SATS at $4.6 billion in Q4 2025, $20.3 billion in Q3 2025, and $3.9 billion in Q2 2025.