What SEC filings does EchoStar Corporation submit to the SEC?

EchoStar Corporation (ECHO) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about ECHO?

A Form 4 for ECHO discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from EchoStar Corporation?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for ECHO?

The 10-K is EchoStar Corporation's annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all ECHO SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical EchoStar Corporation filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for ECHO. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does EchoStar Corporation file with the SEC?

EchoStar Corporation files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling ECHO shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

ECHO SEC Filing News — EchoStar Corporation

Latest SEC filings for EchoStar Corporation (ECHO) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-05.

EchoStar Corporation provides pay-tv services in the United States, Mexico, Canada, South and Central America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, India, and the Middle East. The Pay-TV segment offers a direct broadcast and fixed satellite, owned and leased satellites, leased fiber optic networks, in-home services, and call center operation services; digital broadcast operations, including satellite uplinking/downlinking, transmission and, other services to third-party pay-TV providers; multichanne…

Sector: Communication Services Industry: Telecom Services Market Cap: $25.1B

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for ECHO currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 2 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

ECHO Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-07-07 — 2026-10-05

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 2 sells

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$4.66M

Akhavan Hamid · 2026-08-04

52,000 shares · Form 144

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 9 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 9 filings in this group are Form 4s for EchoStar Corporation.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 9 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 4 gift, 2 open-market sale, 1 compensation award, 1 other reported transaction and 1 tax withholding. 2 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Gift ×4: Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.
Open-market sale ×2: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Compensation award ×1: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Other reported transaction ×1: The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.
Tax withholding ×1: Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-05

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Swieringa John (PRES, TECH & COO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	21,875	$88.25	$1.93M

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Swieringa John (PRES, TECH & COO) Shares: 21,875

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-05

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Rupczynski Robert Joseph (President, Retail Wireless) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	25,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Rupczynski Robert Joseph (President, Retail Wireless)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-14

ECHO insider Wade William David (Director) sold 5,000 shares (~$460.4K)

Wade William David, listed as Director at EchoStar CORP, reported an open-market sale of 5,000 ECHO shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	2,575	$92.65	$238.6K
`S`	Open-market sale	2,425	$91.48	$221.8K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Wade William David (Director) Shares: 5,000 Est. Value: $460.4K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-11

ECHO insider BYE STEPHEN J (Director) sold 8,508 shares (~$764.3K)

BYE STEPHEN J, listed as Director at EchoStar CORP, reported an open-market sale of 8,508 ECHO shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	3,508	$26.60	$93.3K
`S`	Open-market sale	3,508	$89.73	$314.8K
`M`	Option exercise	5,000	$25.19	$126.0K
`S`	Open-market sale	5,000	$89.90	$449.5K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Employee Director Stock Option	3,508	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Employee Director Stock Option	5,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: BYE STEPHEN J (Director) Shares: 8,508 Est. Value: $764.3K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Gift Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-31

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

ERGEN CHARLES W (Director, CHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	1,502,440	—	—
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	1,502,440	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ERGEN CHARLES W (Director, CHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Gift Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-22

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	5,000,000	—	—
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	5,000,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ERGEN CHARLES W (Director, CHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Other reported transaction Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-14

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Telluray Holdings, LLC (10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`J`	Other transaction derivative · Class B Common Stock	15,939,781	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Telluray Holdings, LLC (10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Gift Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-14

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Ergen Two-Year July 2024 SATS GRAT (10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	18,561,842	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Ergen Two-Year July 2024 SATS GRAT (10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Gift Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-14

ECHO insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	18,561,842	—	—
`G`	Gift derivative · Class B Common Stock	2,622,061	—	—
`J`	Other transaction derivative · Class B Common Stock	15,939,781	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ERGEN CHARLES W (Director, CHAIRMAN, PRES and CEO, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 5 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. EchoStar Corporation has 5 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-25

ECHO Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Wade William David (5,000 shares) ~$459.0K

Wade William David filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell ECHO (EchoStar CORP) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Wade William David Shares: 5,000 Est. Value: $459.0K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-07

ECHO Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by BYE STEPHEN J (8,508 shares) ~$764.3K

BYE STEPHEN J filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell ECHO (EchoStar CORP) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: BYE STEPHEN J Shares: 8,508 Est. Value: $764.3K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-06

ECHO Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Akhavan Hamid (26,567 shares) ~$2.32M

Akhavan Hamid filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell ECHO (EchoStar CORP) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Akhavan Hamid Shares: 26,567 Est. Value: $2.32M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-05

ECHO Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Akhavan Hamid (26,563 shares) ~$2.37M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Akhavan Hamid Shares: 26,563 Est. Value: $2.37M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-04

ECHO Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Akhavan Hamid (52,000 shares) ~$4.66M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Akhavan Hamid Shares: 52,000 Est. Value: $4.66M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 5 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 5 in this period for EchoStar Corporation. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-02

ECHO filed 8-K — material company event

EchoStar CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.