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ESCO Technologies Inc.

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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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Market cap: $7.9B
P/E: 21.2×
Fwd P/E: 46.9×
Dividend yield: 0.12%
F-score: 3/9
Altman Z: 5.34
Beneish M: −2.58
Dividend safety: 89/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 5.34

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7,880.00

Revenue 1,290.70

Net Income 314.81

Free Cash Flow 196.60

Net Debt 11.76

Current Ratio 1.38

Debt/Equity 0.05

P/E ratio 21.24

Fwd P/E 46.90

P/S ratio 5.18

P/B ratio 4.13

Past 5Y EPS Growth 24.25%

This Y EPS Growth 38.60%

Next Y EPS Growth 10.38%

Next Y revenue growth 19.87%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.77%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 19.46%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 90.81%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 93.69%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 89.55%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 49.37%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.03

Annual Dividend Rate 0.32

Annual Dividend Yield 0.12%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2025	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2024	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2023	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2022	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2021	0.24	0.08 0.08 0.08
2020	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2019	0.40	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2018	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2017	0.24	0.08 0.08 0.08
2016	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	42	66	101	73
Receivables	199	222	254	267
Inventory	184	195	218	241
Other	157	88	116	174
	581	669	689	756

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	87	89	97	117
ST’ Debt	20	20	20	20
Other	112	81	217	288
	315	350	508	547

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	7.38%	8.44%	8.50%
Cash Flow	13.91%	24.07%	21.38%
Earnings	21.55%	24.66%	53.76%
Book Value	10.18%	9.95%	13.71%

Revenue $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	290	309	339	—	—
’25	215	232	296	353	1,095
’24	218	249	234	218	919
’23	206	229	249	172	856
’22	177	205	219	256	858
’21	163	166	181	205	715
’20	172	180	173	206	730

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	69	6	59	—	—
’25	34	24	74	110	242
’24	9	10	36	72	128
’23	(9)	4	35	48	77
’22	2	21	19	94	135
’21	25	33	18	48	123
’20	3	19	17	43	82

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	61	(3)	44	—	—
’25	26	11	57	95	190
’24	(2)	(1)	30	60	87
’23	(17)	(5)	25	44	47
’22	(14)	12	9	84	90
’21	17	29	7	37	90
’20	(12)	7	8	39	41

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	1.11	1.34	1.26	—	—
’25	0.91	1.20	1.01	8.43	11.55
’24	0.59	0.90	1.13	1.32	3.94
’23	0.57	0.69	1.08	1.24	3.58
’22	0.44	0.64	0.89	1.19	3.16
’21	0.52	0.62	0.57	0.78	2.42
’20	3.32	0.68	0.72	(0.81)	3.90

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	31.50	50.30	54.35	62.91	62.64	75.19	60.03	85.50	96.69	127.17	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	58.75	65.95	71.47	93.21	107.10	115.84	96.69	118.60	154.00	229.46
People
People	Employees	2,643	3,254	3,117	3,239	2,844	2,822	2,922	3,195	3,281	3,425
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.26	0.25	0.29	0.27	0.28	0.32
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	571	686	684	726	730	715	858	856	919	1,095
	Gross margin, %	38.61	36.29	38.61	39.67	37.26	37.79	38.72	41.26	42.28	42.09
	EBT	68	80	81	98	36	81	106	110	131	153
	EBT margin, %	11.97	11.69	11.86	13.48	4.98	11.28	12.41	12.90	14.25	13.95
	Net income	46	54	92	81	99	63	82	93	102	299
	Depreciation	24	32	34	36	41	42	48	48	52	75
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	22.18	26.61	26.42	27.98	28.08	27.47	33.07	33.17	35.66	42.44
	Earnings	1.77	2.07	3.54	3.10	3.90	2.42	3.16	3.58	3.94	11.55
	Cash flow	2.87	2.61	3.60	4.05	3.16	4.73	5.22	2.98	4.95	9.37
	Capex	(0.87)	(1.46)	(0.96)	(0.59)	(1.58)	(1.29)	(1.74)	(1.16)	(1.56)	(2.02)
	Free cash flow	1.99	1.16	2.65	3.46	1.58	3.44	3.48	1.82	3.39	7.35
	Book value	23.88	26.07	29.35	31.84	36.87	39.15	40.42	43.84	48.01	59.70
	Shares, m	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	26.38	29.52	19.18	25.66	20.60	30.92	23.24	29.09	32.74	18.28
	P/S	2.09	2.30	2.56	2.84	2.87	2.80	2.22	3.14	3.62	4.97
	P/B	1.94	2.34	2.31	2.50	2.18	1.97	1.82	2.38	2.69	3.54
	EV/Sales	2.19	2.63	2.84	3.15	2.88	2.94	2.29	3.21	3.68	5.05
	EV/FCF	24.38	60.56	28.36	25.49	51.16	23.47	21.71	58.49	38.69	29.16
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	74	67	93	105	82	123	135	77	128	242
	Capex	(23)	(38)	(25)	(15)	(41)	(34)	(45)	(30)	(40)	(52)
	Free cash flow	51	30	68	90	41	90	90	47	87	190
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	165	198	195	244	188	191	254	266	319	180
	Total debt	110	275	220	285	62	154	153	102	122	186
	Net debt	56	229	190	223	10	98	55	60	56	85
	Shareholders’ equity	615	672	759	826	959	1,020	1,048	1,131	1,237	1,541
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	4.98	4.80	7.30	5.93	7.01	4.31	5.09	5.55	5.79	14.08
	ROIC	7.22	5.83	6.17	6.36	3.24	4.59	6.29	6.33	7.13	6.66
	ROE	7.65	8.35	12.87	10.22	11.14	6.42	7.96	8.49	8.60	21.54

Negative figures in brackets.

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ESE ESCO Technologies Inc.	$7.9B	21.2×	46.9×	+14.40% (above 0%: growing)	+24.75% (above 0%: growing)	−22.12% (below 0%: shrinking)	41.74%	14.80%
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VNT Vontier Corporation	$4.4B	13.3×	8.6×	−2.17% (below 0%: shrinking)	−67.74% (below 0%: shrinking)	+13.79% (above 0%: growing)	48.24%	19.39%	Compare
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ITRI Itron, Inc.	$3.7B	14.1×	15.4×	−7.23% (below 0%: shrinking)	−19.33% (below 0%: shrinking)	−10.13% (below 0%: shrinking)	40.97%	13.51%	Compare
Median of peers	$5.7B	33.3×	25.7×	+6.46%	+6.12%	+37.59%	46.87%	17.21%

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ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) key facts

Strength: ESCO Technologies Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 19.2% from fiscal 2024.
Strength: Net income was $299.2 million, or $11.55 per share (basic), a net margin of 27.3%.
ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) is a Scientific & Technical Instruments company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of October 9, 2026, ESE traded at $257.83, a market capitalization of $7.9 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 21.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 5.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 19% of its own readings over the past ten years.
ESCO Technologies Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share, a yield of 0.12%, with a payout ratio of 2.64%.
Return on equity was 21.5% and debt-to-equity 0.05.
Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.34 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.