ESCO Technologies Inc.
ESE Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments
ESCO Technologies Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 19.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.4%, EPS grew 24.8%, free cash flow fell 22.1% and total debt fell 83.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.
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ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) Dividend Safety Score
ESCO Technologies Inc.'s stockrow Dividend Safety Score is 89 out of 100, based on payout ratios, leverage, dividend streak and earnings stability for fiscal 2025.
Dividend Safety Score, annual
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| Period | Dividend Safety Score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 89 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payout of earnings | 2.76% | — | Pass | 25 |
| Payout of free cash flow | 4.35% | — | Pass | 25 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.34 | — | Pass | 16 |
| Years without a dividend cut | 10 | — | Pass | 16 |
| Years of falling or negative earnings over the last 10 fiscal years | 1 | — | Fail | 7 |
| Dividend Safety Score | Well covered | 89 | ||
How the stockrow Dividend Safety Score works
Our own composite, out of 100, for the latest fiscal year: up to 25 points for how little of its earnings the dividend takes, 25 for how little of its free cash flow, 20 for net debt against EBITDA, 20 for the years it has paid without a cut and 10 for how steady earnings per share have been over ten years. How we calculate it.
| 80–100 | Well covered |
|---|---|
| 60–79 | Adequately covered |
| 40–59 | Stretched |
| below 40 | Weakly covered |
Not worked out for a company that pays no regular dividend, for banks and REITs, whose payouts and leverage these measures do not describe, or with fewer than five years of earnings.
Dividend Safety Score against peers
| Company | Dividend Safety Score |
|---|---|
| BMI Badger Meter, Inc. compare | 96 |
| ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. | 89 |
| CGNX Cognex Corporation compare | 84 |
| VNT Vontier Corporation compare | 84 |
| ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare | 43 |
| FTV Fortive Corporation compare | 12 |
| TRMB Trimble Inc. compare | — |
| NOVT Novanta Inc. compare | — |
| ITRI Itron, Inc. compare | — |
What Dividend Safety Score is
The stockrow Dividend Safety Score rates how well earnings and free cash flow cover the dividend, with leverage, the dividend’s record and stable earnings.
Up to 25 points for the payout of earnings, 25 for the payout of free cash flow, 20 for net debt ÷ EBITDA, 20 for the years without a dividend cut and 10 for stable earnings