Technology / Scientific & Technical InstrumentsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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ESCO Technologies Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value pending

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

7.8B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E35.9

P25 12.5P50 22.3P75 38.6

Trailing P/E59.7

P25 16.3P50 33.5P75 65.6

ROE9.2

P25 -30.7P50 1.5P75 14.4

ROIC8.9

P25 -18.6P50 1.9P75 13.7

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Indicator catalog

All ESE market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

276

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Currency

USD

Showing 276 of 276 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000866706
Company name	ESCO Technologies Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	296315104
Employees	3,425
Employees Change	144%
Employees Change Percent	4.39
Enterprise value	$7.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Scientific & Technical Instruments
Isin	US2963151046
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$7.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$303
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	364,384.82x
Sector	Technology
Sic	3669
Symbol	ESE
Website	https://www.escotechnologies.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.93%
EV Earnings	25.79x
EV Sales Forward	5.8x
EV/EBIT	40.72x
EV/EBITDA	26.72x
EV/FCF	35.42x
EV/Sales	6.37x
FCF yield	2.86%
Forward P/E	35.87x
P/B ratio	4.96x
P/E ratio	59.69x
P/S ratio	6.29x
PE Ratio10 Y	32.71x
PE Ratio3 Y	28.85x
PE Ratio5 Y	33.68x
PEG ratio	2.22x
PS Forward	5.73x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	15.64%
EBITDA Margin	23.84%
FCF margin	17.98%
Gross margin	41.88%
Gross Profit	$522.7M
Gross Profit Growth	23.08%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	14%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	14.52%
Net Income	$308.1M
Net Income Growth	161.14%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	4%
Net Income Growth3 Y	52.54%
Net Income Growth5 Y	67.99%
Pretax Margin	13.78%
Profit Margin	24.69%
Profit Per Employee	$89,968
Profitable Years	12
ROA	5.78
Roa5y	4.52
ROCE	10.24
ROE	9.21
Roe5y	7.86
ROIC	8.93
Roic5y	7.71

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	23.37%
Cagr15y	15.87%
Cagr1y	85.71%
Cagr20y	9.26%
Cagr3y	46.44%
Cagr5y	22.95%
Div CAGR10	0%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth	160.9
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	4
EPS Growth3 Y	52.58
EPS Growth5 Y	68.1
FCF Growth	70.79%
FCF Growth3 Y	38.13%
FCF Growth5 Y	19.13%
OCF Growth	55.45%
OCF Growth10 Y	15.99%
OCF Growth3 Y	34.34%
OCF Growth5 Y	17.11%
Revenue Growth	17.62x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	11.1x
Revenue Growth5 Y	12.04x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.59
Assets	$2.4B
Cash	$92.3M
Current Assets	$726.8M
Current Liabilities	$500.4M
Debt	$190.7M
Debt EBITDA	$0.62
Debt Equity	$0.12
Debt FCF	$0.85
Equity	$1.6B
Interest Coverage	10.65
Liabilities	$820.4M
Long Term Assets	$1.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$320M
Net Cash	$-98.5M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-1.25
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.33
Net Debt Equity	$0.06
Net Debt FCF	$0.44
Tangible Book Value	$141.9M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$5.47
WACC	10.68

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.45
Inventory Turnover	3.1
Net Working Capital	$154.2M
Quick ratio	0.9
Working Capital	$226.4M
Working Capital Turnover	$4.42

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.24%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.32
Dividend Years	18
Dividend Yield	0.11%
Ex Div Date	2026-07-02
Last Dividend	$0.08
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	2.69%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	716.2%
1Y total return	85.63%
200-day SMA	234.6
3Y total return	214.12%
50-day SMA	295
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	180.87%
All Time High	346.2
All Time High Change	-12.45%
All Time High Date	2026-05-06
All Time Low	2.63
All Time Low Change	11,447.05%
All Time Low Date	1990-10-30
ATR	13.26
Beta	1.18
Beta1y	0.49
Beta2y	0.79
Ch YTD	55.13
High	312.7
High52	346.2
High52 Date	2026-05-06
High52ch	-12.45%
Low	290.3
Low52	170.1
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	78.19%
Ma50ch	2.76%
Premarket Change Percent	-9.8
Premarket Price	$300
Premarket Volume	661
Price vs 200-day SMA	29.18%
RSI	44.92
RSI Monthly	75.81
RSI Weekly	67.68
Sharpe ratio	2.01x
Sortino ratio	3.41
Total Return	-0.13%
Tr YTD	55.24
Tr15y	810.62%
Tr1m	4.04%
Tr1w	-7.29%
Tr3m	19.79%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	3
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$283
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.85
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	37.04
Earnings Revenue Estimate	318,148,008x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	19.82x
Operating Income	$195.2M
Operating Income Growth	21.5
Operating Income Growth3 Y	17.54
Operating Income Growth5 Y	17.4
Operating margin	15.64
Price target	$283
Price Target Change	$-6.53
Price Target Change Top	$-6.53

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	25,746,099%
Float Percent	99.42%
Net Borrowing	57,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.53%
Shares Institutions	96.98%
Shares Out	25,895,762
Shares Qo Q	0.22%
Shares Yo Y	0.24%
Short Float	1.67%
Short Ratio	1.26
Short Shares	1.66

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$212.4M
Average Volume	350,178.6x
Bv Per Share	61.12
CAPEX	$-34.6M
Ch10y	684.9
Ch15y	736.6
Ch1m	4.04
Ch1w	-7.29
Ch1y	85.35
Ch20y	432.1
Ch3m	19.76
Ch3y	211.9
Ch5y	176.7
Ch6m	40.19
Change	-8.91%
Change From Open	1.04
Close	332.8
Days Gap	-9.85
Depreciation Amortization	102,310,000
Dollar Volume	188,301,328.4
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$195.2M
EBITDA	$297.5M
EPS	$11.87
F Score	5
FCF	$224.4M
FCF EV Yield	2.82x
FCF Per Share	$8.66
Financing CF	38,029,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,990
Goodwill	761,181,000
Graham Number	127.79423
Graham Upside	-57.84
Income Tax	$40.1M
Investing CF	-261,601,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2005-09-26
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-12-01
Lynch Fair Value	$297
Lynch Upside	-2.06
Ma150	246.1
Ma150ch	23.15%
Ma20	318.8
Ma20ch	-4.92%
Net CF	34,855,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	300
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	34.99
P OCF Ratio	30.31
Payment Date	2026-07-17
Position In Range	57.21
Post Close	303.1
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.2
Postmarket Price	$303
Ppne	219,837,000
Pre Close	332.8
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$26.39
Ptbv Ratio	55.33
Relative Volume	1.77x
Revenue	1,248,018,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.95x
Share Based Comp	11,913,000
Tax By Revenue	3.21x
Tax Rate	23.33%
Tr20y	487.5%
Tr6m	40.28%
Us State	Missouri
Volume	621,231

Fast facts

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Risk gate

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Named kill scenarios are reviewed before any bullish rating can stand.

Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

ESE dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+0.1%

$0.32 annual per share

Payout ratio

+2.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

0.0%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

-0.1%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-07-02

Performance

ESE stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns ESE?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+97.0%

Float: +99.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

ESE momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

44.9

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+29.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.18

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

2.01

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Questions

About ESE

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What is the current ESE stock rating?

ESCO Technologies Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full ESE analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/ESE/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

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