ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE)

NYSE: ESE · USD

$240

+1.60 (+0.7%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	6.2B
Revenue (ttm)	1.3B
Net income (ttm)	314.8M
EPS (ttm)	$12.1
Shares out	25.9M
P/E (trailing)	19.8x
P/E (forward)	26.8x
Dividend	$0.32 (0.13%)
Volume	112,376
Beta	1.05

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.3B
Net income (ttm): 314.8M
EPS (ttm): $12.1
P/E (trailing): 19.8x
P/E (forward): 26.8x
Market cap: 6.2B

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E26.8

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Trailing P/E19.8

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ROE9.5

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ROIC9.2

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000866706
Company name	ESCO Technologies Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	296315104
Earnings date	2026-11-19
Earnings time	amc
Employees	3,425
Employees change	144
Employees growth	4.39%
Enterprise value	$6.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1990
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Scientific & Technical Instruments
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US2963151046
Last 10-K release date	2025-12-01
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2005-09-26
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$6.2B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-19
Options	Yes
Price	$239.83
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	3669
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ESE
U.S. state	Missouri
Website	https://www.escotechnologies.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	29.72x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	32.83x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	28.82x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	28.79x
Earnings yield	5.06%
EV/Earnings	20.01x
EV/EBIT	31.16x
EV/EBITDA	20.4x
EV/FCF	30.39x
EV/Sales	4.88x
FCF / EV yield	3.29%
FCF yield	3.33%
Forward EV/Sales	4.08x
Forward P/E	26.81x
Forward P/S	4.03x
Graham number	130.5283
Graham upside	-45.65%
Industry forward P/E	21.64x
Industry P/E	40.5x
Lynch fair value	$303.26
Lynch upside	26.27%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	32.01x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	26.93x
P/B ratio	3.82x
P/E ratio	19.77x
P/FCF ratio	30.01x
P/OCF ratio	25.5x
P/S ratio	4.82x
PEG ratio	1.45x
Price / tangible book value	32.32x
Price/EBITDA ratio	20.15x
Sector forward P/E	18.86x
Sector P/E	32.77x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	15.66%
EBITDA margin	23.93%
Effective tax rate	22.25%
FCF margin	16.06%
Gross margin	42.01%
Operating margin	15.66%
Pretax margin	13.94%
Profit margin	24.39%
Profit per employee	$91,916
Profitable quarters	23
Profitable years	12
Revenue per employee	$376,847
ROA	5.11%
ROA (5Y)	4.52%
ROCE	10.79%
ROE	9.5%
ROE (5Y)	7.86%
ROIC	9.24%
ROIC (5Y)	7.71%
SBC / revenue	1%
Tax / revenue	3.1%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	174%
EPS growth (Q)	24.84%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-5.64%
EPS growth 10Y	22.29%
EPS growth 3Y	50.88%
EPS growth 5Y	74.98%
EPS growth quarters	4
EPS growth years	4
FCF growth	21.12%
FCF growth (Q)	-26.49%
FCF growth 3Y	27.68%
FCF growth 5Y	16.41%
Gross profit growth	25.21%
Gross profit growth (Q)	16%
Gross profit growth 3Y	13.62%
Gross profit growth 5Y	15.12%
Net income growth	174.14%
Net income growth (Q)	25.59%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-5.75%
Net income growth 3Y	50.92%
Net income growth 5Y	74.86%
Net income growth quarters	4
Net income growth years	4
OCF growth	19.54%
OCF growth (Q)	-20.31%
OCF growth 10Y	13.72%
OCF growth 3Y	25.72%
OCF growth 5Y	15.51%
Operating income growth	22.39%
Operating income growth (Q)	16.15%
Operating income growth 3Y	16.33%
Operating income growth 5Y	18.91%
Revenue growth	27.01%
Revenue growth (Q)	14.4%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	9.6%
Revenue growth 10Y	8.6%
Revenue growth 3Y	11.15%
Revenue growth 5Y	12.52%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-36.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$106.7M
EBIT	$202.2M
EBITDA	$308.8M
EPS	$12.13
FCF per share	$8.00
Financing cash flow	$-460.2M
Free cash flow	$207.3M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$194.4M
Gross profit	$542.2M
Income taxes	$40M
Investing cash flow	$213.3M
Net borrowing	$-440M
Net cash flow	$-5.6M
Net income	$314.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$231.1M
Operating income	$202.2M
Revenue	$1.3B
Stock-based compensation	$12.9M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	6.45
Book value per share	$62.42
Debt / EBITDA	0.47
Debt / equity	0.09
Debt / FCF	0.73
Goodwill	$760.3M
Interest coverage	16.68
Long-term assets	$1.7B
Long-term liabilities	$256M
Net cash (debt)	$-77.4M
Net cash / market cap	-1.24%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.25
Net debt / equity	0.05
Net debt / FCF	0.37
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$222.6M
Shareholders' equity	$1.6B
Tangible book value	$192.5M
Tangible book value per share	$7.43
Total assets	$2.4B
Total cash	$73.2M
Total debt	$150.7M
Total liabilities	$802.7M
WACC	9.93%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.52
Current assets	$755.5M
Current liabilities	$546.7M
Current ratio	1.38
Inventory turnover	3.13
Net working capital	$163.4M
Quick ratio	0.86
Working capital	$208.8M
Working capital turnover	5.53

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.22%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	0%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-10-15
Dividend payment years	18
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.32
Dividend yield	0.13%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-01
FCF payout ratio	4%
Last dividend	$0.08
Payout ratio	2.64%
Shareholder yield	-0.08%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	444.4%
10Y return CAGR	18.9%
10Y total return	464.31%
150-day SMA	$297.17
15Y price change	656.02%
15Y return CAGR	15.05%
15Y total return	718.85%
1D price change	0.67%
1M price change	-10.55%
1M total return	-10.52%
1W price change	-3.16%
1W total return	-3.16%
1Y price change	9.41%
1Y return CAGR	9.55%
1Y total return	9.54%
20-day SMA	$253.01
200-day SMA	$286.99
20Y price change	438.66%
20Y return CAGR	9.33%
20Y total return	495.11%
3M price change	-26.03%
3M total return	-26.01%
3Y price change	151.85%
3Y return CAGR	36.32%
3Y total return	153.36%
50-day SMA	$263.70
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$362.15
52-week high date	2026-06-25
52-week low	$193.68
52-week low date	2025-12-05
5Y price change	182.2%
5Y return CAGR	23.4%
5Y total return	186.05%
6M price change	-25.31%
6M total return	-25.27%
All-time high	$362.15
All-time high date	2026-06-25
All-time low	$2.63
All-time low date	1990-10-30
Average true range (ATR)	$7.71
Average volume	259.2K
Beta (1Y)	0.25
Beta (2Y)	0.73
Beta (5Y)	1.05
Change from 52-week high	-33.78%
Change from 52-week low	23.83%
Change from all-time high	-33.78%
Change from all-time low	9,035.62%
Change from open	0.37%
Day's gap	0.3%
Dollar volume	$27M
High price	$240.80
Low price	$237.95
Monthly RSI	52.91
Open price	$238.95
Position in 52-week range	65.96%
Premarket change	-0.01%
Premarket close	$238.23
Premarket price	$238.20
Premarket volume	418
Previous close	$238.23
Price vs 150-day SMA	-19.3%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-5.22%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-16.44%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-9.06%
Relative volume	0.43
RSI	35.04
Sharpe ratio	0.32
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.97
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.7
Sortino ratio	0.62
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.71
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.25
Volume	112.4K
Weekly RSI	36.5
YTD price change	22.73%
YTD total return	22.88%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	20.7M
Float percentage	79.74%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.16%
Shares change (YoY)	0.22%
Shares held by insiders	0.53%
Shares held by institutions	101.62%
Shares outstanding	25.9M
Short % of float	3.03%
Short % of shares	2.42%
Short ratio	2.5 days

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Financials

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Peers

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Moat

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