SATS insider buying – EchoStar CORP
7 insider purchases since 2016 worth $47.2M by 6 different insiders. Last 12 months: 1 purchases, $68,070. Most recent filing: 2025-11-20.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 1 older purchase (before the 5-year window) is listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERGEN CHARLES W Officer | $43.5M 1× · 1,551,355 sh | 2024-11-12 2024-11-12 | – | 13,490,965 shares as of 2026-07-31 | Holds - never sold |
| DEFRANCO JAMES Director | $2.7M 2× · 200,000 sh | 2024-03-06 2024-03-08 | – | 600,777 shares as of 2026-07-07 | Holds - never sold |
| Dodge R Stanton Director | $495,485 1× · 20,500 sh | 2022-03-10 2022-03-10 | – | 28,197 shares as of 2026-07-07 | Holds - never sold |
| Johnson Anders N CEO | $469,000 1× · 20,000 sh | 2021-02-25 2021-02-25 | 1× · $418,556 last 2017-08-30 | 23,064 shares as of 2021-03-01 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Brokaw George R Director | $68,070 1× · 1,000 sh | 2025-11-18 2025-11-18 | – | 4,508 shares as of 2025-12-12 | Holds - never sold |
| Wade William David Director | $11,974 1× · 443 sh | 2021-12-02 2021-12-02 | – | 767 shares as of 2026-08-14 | Holds - never sold |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | – | – | 6 | $24.4M |
| 2025 | 1 | $68,070 | 1 | 15 | $78.4M |
| 2024 | 3 | $46.2M | 2 | – | – |
| 2022 | 2 | $507,459 | 2 | – | – |
| 2021 | 1 | $469,000 | 1 | – | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | – | 1 | $134,750 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | – | 6 | $16.5M |
| 2018 | 0 | – | – | 6 | $1.3M |
| 2017 | 0 | – | – | 15 | $5.6M |
| 2016 | 0 | – | – | 13 | $7.6M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | Brokaw George R | Director | 1,000 | $68.07 | $68,070 | +57.0% | SEC |
| 2024-11-14 | ERGEN CHARLES W | Officer | 1,551,355 | $28.04 | $43.5M | SEC | |
| 2024-03-12 | DEFRANCO JAMES | Director | 110,000 | $13.48 | $1.5M | +55.9% | SEC |
| 2024-03-08 | DEFRANCO JAMES | Director | 90,000 | $13.21 | $1.2M | +84.2% | SEC |
| 2022-03-25 | Wade William David | Director | 443 | $27.03 | $11,974 | SEC | |
| 2022-03-14 | Dodge R Stanton | Director | 20,500 | $24.17 | $495,485 | +24698.8% | SEC |
| 2021-03-01 | Johnson Anders N | CEO | 20,000 | $23.45 | $469,000 | +1000.0% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Manson Dean | Officer | 10,000 | $130.39 | $1.3M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-06-09 | Akhavan Hamid | CEO | 52,586 | $121.00 | $6.4M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-06-08 | Manson Dean | Officer | 10,000 | $119.50 | $1.2M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-03-10 | Akhavan Hamid | CEO | 71,005 | $107.52 | $7.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | Manson Dean | Officer | 19,031 | $114.56 | $2.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-03-06 | Swieringa John | Officer | 50,088 | $113.58 | $5.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-15 | Ortolf Tom A | Director | 1,754 | $104.06 | $182,521 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-15 | Akhavan Hamid | CEO | 285,832 | $105.33 | $30.1M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2025-11-25 | Swieringa John | Officer | 22,000 | $67.34 | $1.5M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-16 | Gaske Paul | Officer | 10,233 | $76.05 | $778,190 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-16 | Akhavan Hamid | CEO | 233,918 | $75.35 | $17.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-11 | Swieringa John | Officer | 154,835 | $81.20 | $12.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-11 | ORBAN PAUL W | CFO | 744 | $82.37 | $61,283 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-11 | Manson Dean | Officer | 60,000 | $81.24 | $4.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-11 | Abernathy Kathleen Q | Director | 16,754 | $82.35 | $1.4M | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 62 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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