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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.

257.83 3.77 +1.48%
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 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 21.24
Fwd P/E 46.90 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 5.18
P/B ratio 4.13
Past 5Y EPS Growth 24.25% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 38.60% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 10.38%
Next Y revenue growth 19.87% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.77% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 5.2×, against a ten-year median of 3.0×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.7× in 2016 to 7.0× in 2026.
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
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.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

ESCO Technologies Inc. vs peers in Scientific & Technical Instruments (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
FTV Fortive Corporation $17.0B 33.3× 30.8× +7.91% (above 0%: growing) +6.12% (above 0%: growing) −9.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.39% 19.14% Compare
TRMB Trimble Inc. $14.0B — (loss-making) 24.1× +11.00% (above 0%: growing) n/m +492.59% (above 0%: growing) 69.43% 13.58% Compare
CGNX Cognex Corporation $10.3B 59.9× 42.7× +16.93% (above 0%: growing) +79.17% (above 0%: growing) +67.25% (above 0%: growing) 70.65% 29.36% Compare
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%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $6.2B 69.3× 16.9× +5.00% (above 0%: growing) +70.73% (above 0%: growing) +61.39% (above 0%: growing) 30.47% 16.70% Compare
NOVT Novanta Inc. $5.2B 89.4× 62.9× +10.27% (above 0%: growing) +158.33% (above 0%: growing) +391.84% (above 0%: growing) 45.49% 6.79% Compare
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
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. $3.7B 30.6× 27.2× −6.63% (below 0%: shrinking) −13.56% (below 0%: shrinking) −46.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.83% 17.71% Compare
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.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) Latest News

15 Apr

Impact 5 ·
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