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.

Revenue
+14.4%
EPS
+24.8%
Free cash flow
−22.1%
Total debt
−83.8%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

239.42 11.17 −4.46%
Market cap
$7.8B
P/E
20.7×
Fwd P/E
40.9×
Dividend yield
0.13%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
5.34
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
89/100

ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) Gross margin

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ESCO Technologies Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 42.0%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (42.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 36.3% (fiscal 2017) to 42.3% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is below the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 47.0% and below the Technology sector median of 47.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 42.1% (0.19)
FY2024 42.3% 1.02
FY2023 41.3% 2.54
FY2022 38.7% 0.93
FY2021 37.8% 0.53
FY2020 37.3% (2.41)
FY2019 39.7% 1.06
FY2018 38.6% 2.32
FY2017 36.3% (2.32)
FY2016 38.6% 0.93

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 41.7% (0.71)
Mar 2026 42.5% 1.05
Dec 2025 41.4% (0.97)
Sep 2025 42.4% 1.20
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 36.3% High 42.3%
Ten-year median 38.6%
Current reading's percentile 88

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 69.8%
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 68.9%
VNT Vontier Corporation compare 47.2%
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 47.0%
NOVT Novanta Inc. compare 44.5%
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. 42.0%
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. compare 41.6%
ITRI Itron, Inc. compare 40.7%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 30.8%
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 47.0%
Technology sector median 47.1%
Market median 46.4%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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