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barrons3	Sell - Price 20.14 on Nov. 10 by Wunderlich Securities DISH delivered a surprising 241,000 net subscriber gain for the third quarter, with churn improving year-over-year to 1.57%, from 2.02%. We are raising our target to 16.50 from 13.50 [due to] the effects [of] lower churn and customer stabilization. Ignoring possible TiVo fallout, the price target is 18.50. The negative remains a 6.2% increase in per-home [subscriber] costs...with ARPU, or average revenue per user, down 0.4%...Costs were up 4.9% sequentially. We emphasize a matrix that looks at price-target sensitivity to 2012E [estimated] subscriber-base and growth in subscriber costs per home, with the latter most determinative for long-term prospects. 2009 free cash flow is supported by transient working-capital benefits; the 2010E FCF yield is only 7.5%. Market cap: $9 billion.	Love	November 14, 2009
ElectionStocks	One of the two satellite television companies.	Love	May 07, 2009
SilverFox60	Everbody loves TV	Love	January 19, 2009
barrons3	According to a Sept. 15 filing, William R. Gouger holds a 27.3% stake (about 79.3 million shares).	Love	September 20, 2008
stockerblog	PE of 14.12, a PEG of 1.43.	Love	August 23, 2008
barrons2	With oil prices so high I don’t think anyone is leaving the house. That should work for Activision (ATVI) or Dish Network (DISH). - Jeff Macke	Love	May 21, 2008
romansoldier	After helping me pay off my mortgage in 1999 I held 400 shares for 8 years but it never again went anywhere until I recnetly switched to divend investing and I sold it for $50/share.	Hate	March 01, 2008
tradertimm	Caught me on rumors.	Hate	December 29, 2007
papu22	on radar for takeover	Love	December 06, 2007
High Dividends	1.24	Love	November 24, 2007
bbenlisa	duh	Hate	November 18, 2007
barrons2	"For starters, it means EchoStar shares are worth more today than they were a week ago. Why? The DISH Network as a stand-alone business is expected to get a higher multiple, since it will be less capital-intensive than while buried inside today's Echostar. And splitting off the technology business opens up new prospects, like supplying set-top-box software and even hardware to other service providers. Finally, it's possible that the two announcements are a prelude to another bigger one: an acquisition of the DISH Network."	Love	September 29, 2007
Barrons	From Barron's 8-6-07: Bonds due 2016 trading at 95.5 and yileding 7.86%. Satellite company has high and rising margins.	Love	August 04, 2007
katnlevi	broker recommendation	Love	June 25, 2007
jasnon	ridiculous PE for a company that could easily be replicated	Hate	May 19, 2007
GPALA	Good management, good figures	Love	March 28, 2007
Mrmaint	Buyout opportunity from AT&T along with price stability.	Love	March 25, 2007
littlestinker	Speculation that AT&T will buy them out.	Love	March 09, 2007
Barrons	From Barron's 2-5-07 issue: Takeout Candidate "EchoStar Communications [DISH], which I think is a great play on a possible takeout. The stock is attractive on a fundamental basis at current levels. It is trading at 7.7 times '07 Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization] and 6.7 times '08 Ebitda, and the Ebitda should grow at about 18% in '07 and 15% in '08. EchoStar should generate about $2.50 of free cash flow per share in '07. Based on the $40 where it is currently trading, it is at 16 times free cash flow. The company is executing really well; in the September quarter they put up one of the best quarters they've ever delivered."	Love	February 03, 2007
James Pearce	Bought very early in it's life, split 3 times early on. up a bit lately	Love	January 18, 2007