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Neutral signalScored 2026-10-06 Drivers: Congress, fundamentals. Insiders: neutral. Moteurs : Congrès, fondamentaux. Initiés : neutre.

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ESCO Technologies Inc.

Nom
ESCO Technologies Inc.
Secteur
Technology
Industrie
Hardware, Equipment & Parts
Bourse
NYSE
Capitalisation
$6.0B
Employés
3,392
PDG
Bryan H. Sayler
Site web
https://www.escotechnologies.com
Marché
AMECRDCOHEIMOG-ANOVT

ESCO Technologies Inc. serves global industrial and commercial markets by offering specialized engineered products and sophisticated systems. The company operates through three primary business units: Aerospace & Defense, Utility Solutions Group, and RF Shielding and Test. The Aerospace & Defense division focuses on the creation and manufacturing of advanced filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices for commercial aviation, unique filter mechanisms for satellite micro-propulsion, and bespoke filters for both crewed aircraft and submarines. This segment also develops and produces elastomeric-based solutions aimed at reducing the signature of U.S. naval vessels. Furthermore, it supplies essential, precision-machined components such as bushings, pins, sleeves, and other intricately crafted parts, which are critical for aircraft systems like landing gear, rotor heads, engine mounts, flight controls, and actuation systems within the aerospace and defense sectors. The Utility Solutions Group provides vital diagnostic testing capabilities, enabling operators of electric power grids to effectively assess the integrity of high-voltage power transmission equipment. Additionally, this group furnishes decision-making support tools specifically designed for the renewable energy industry, with a particular focus on wind and solar power generation. The RF Shielding and Test segment is dedicated to designing and manufacturing specialized facilities, such as RF test environments, secure communication sites, acoustic test chambers, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, and broadcasting and recording studios. Its product range encompasses RF absorptive materials and filters, active compensation systems, a variety of antennas and their associated masts, turntables, electric and magnetic probes, RF test cells, proprietary measurement software, and numerous other test accessories used for diverse testing applications. Complementing its product offerings, this segment delivers a comprehensive suite of services, including calibration for antennas and field probes, chamber certification, field surveys, customer training, and various product testing procedures. ESCO Technologies distributes its products and services through a multifaceted network comprising independent distributors, external sales representatives, dedicated direct sales teams, and its own internal sales personnel. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Price (1 year)

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Congressional trades

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Date Member Side Amount range Filing
2026-08-24 April Delaney Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing
2026-08-20 April Delaney Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing
2026-08-19 April Delaney Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing

Recent trades

DateRepresentativeTypeAmount
2026-08-25April DelaneySale$15,001 - $50,000
2026-08-24April DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2026-08-20April DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2026-08-19April DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000

Signal

Neutral signalScored 2026-10-06 Drivers: Congress, fundamentals. Insiders: neutral. Moteurs : Congrès, fondamentaux. Initiés : neutre.

ESE presents a compelling event-driven opportunity anchored by the confirmed acquisition of Megger Group Limited, which meaningfully expands its testing and measurement footprint with solid catalyst confidence (0.75).

The first sentence of the analysis written for ESE on 2026-10-06 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Neutral signal Drivers: Congress, fundamentals. Insiders: neutral. Moteurs : Congrès, fondamentaux. Initiés : neutre.

Factor checklist — research, not advice

A check leans with a bullish reading. A cross leans against it. A dash is unavailable or mixed.

  • Insider Unavailable or mixed. No open-market purchase or sale value stored
  • Congress Supports a bullish reading. 3 purchase disclosures year to date
  • Narrative Supports a bullish reading. Stored narrative reading is in the bullish band
  • Timing Unavailable or mixed. No stored price series
  • Financial indicators Supports a bullish reading. Current ratio 1.35 · operating margin 16%

Market snapshot

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-30
Gross Profit Margin42.1%42.3%41.3%38.7%37.8%
Ebit Margin15.6%15.9%13.9%13.0%11.6%
Ebitda Margin22.4%21.6%19.5%18.6%17.5%
Operating Profit Margin15.8%16.1%14.1%12.9%11.5%
Pretax Profit Margin14.0%14.2%12.9%12.4%11.3%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin10.6%11.2%10.0%9.6%8.9%
Net Profit Margin27.3%11.1%10.8%9.6%8.9%
Bottom Line Profit Margin27.3%11.1%10.8%9.6%8.9%
Current Ratio1.3551.9111.8471.8001.695
Quick Ratio0.9261.3531.2621.2891.160
Solvency Ratio0.4300.2560.2540.2160.189
Cash Ratio0.1990.1890.1330.3070.204
Price To Earnings Ratio18.27832.57129.09223.16731.557
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.0953.1602.1960.7740.178
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.0953.1602.1960.7740.178
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio18.27832.73629.17323.24131.818
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio0.0953.2552.1950.7600.182
Price To Book Ratio3.5502.6842.3811.8171.967
Price To Sales Ratio4.9943.6143.1472.2212.803
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio28.82338.02057.34921.10022.881
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio22.60826.04335.02614.07916.287
Debt To Assets Ratio0.0960.0850.0820.1070.115
Debt To Equity Ratio0.1500.1270.1220.1700.179
Debt To Capital Ratio0.1300.1120.1090.1450.151
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.0970.0760.0680.1130.116
Financial Leverage Ratio1.5641.4861.4881.5781.547
Working Capital Turnover Ratio4.3893.1413.2863.8483.776
Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.4760.3650.2440.4250.448
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio0.2210.1390.0900.1580.172
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.7840.6850.6110.6670.712
Debt Service Coverage Ratio5.5684.8244.9415.4534.844
Interest Coverage Ratio9.8929.67813.76422.87836.378
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio12.0976.3773.8456.7646.157
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio1.0500.8130.5550.7610.676
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio4.6383.1742.5693.0053.470
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio4.0042.6342.0142.5392.810
Dividend Payout Ratio0.0280.0810.0890.1000.131
Enterprise Value Multiple22.81817.20416.72112.43317.054

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. ▲ higher ▼ lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 42.1% ▼-0.2% ▲1.7%
Ebit Margin 15.6% ▼-0.4% ▲1.6%
Ebitda Margin 22.4% ▲0.8% ▲2.5%
Operating Profit Margin 15.8% ▼-0.2% ▲1.7%
Pretax Profit Margin 14.0% ▼-0.3% ▲1.0%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin 10.6% ▼-0.5% ▲0.6%
Net Profit Margin 27.3% ▲16.2% ▲13.8%
Bottom Line Profit Margin 27.3% ▲16.2% ▲13.8%
Current Ratio 1.355 ▼-0.556 ▼-0.367
Quick Ratio 0.926 ▼-0.426 ▼-0.272
Solvency Ratio 0.430 ▲0.174 ▲0.161
Cash Ratio 0.199 ▲0.011 ▼-0.007
Price To Earnings Ratio 18.278 ▼-14.293 ▼-8.655
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.095 ▼-3.065 ▼-1.185
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.095 ▼-3.065 ▼-1.185
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio 18.278 ▼-14.458 ▼-8.771
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio 0.095 ▼-3.161 ▼-1.203
Price To Book Ratio 3.550 ▲0.865 ▲1.070
Price To Sales Ratio 4.994 ▲1.380 ▲1.638
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio 28.823 ▼-9.197 ▼-4.811
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio 22.608 ▼-3.435 ▼-0.200
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.096 ▲0.010 ▼-0.002
Debt To Equity Ratio 0.149 ▲0.023 ▲0.000
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.130 ▲0.018 ▲0.000
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.097 ▲0.021 ▲0.003
Financial Leverage Ratio 1.564 ▲0.078 ▲0.032
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 4.389 ▲1.248 ▲0.701
Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.476 ▲0.112 ▲0.085
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.221 ▲0.082 ▲0.065
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.784 ▲0.099 ▲0.093
Debt Service Coverage Ratio 5.568 ▲0.744 ▲0.442
Interest Coverage Ratio 9.892 ▲0.214 ▼-8.626
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 12.097 ▲5.720 ▲5.049
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 1.050 ▲0.237 ▲0.279
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio 4.638 ▲1.463 ▲1.267
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 4.004 ▲1.370 ▲1.204
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.028 ▼-0.053 ▼-0.058
Enterprise Value Multiple 22.818 ▲5.614 ▲5.572

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$5.47B$3.32B$2.69B$1.90B$2.01B
Enterprise value$5.60B$3.41B$2.79B$1.98B$2.13B
EV / Sales5.11x3.71x3.26x2.31x2.98x
EV / Op. cash flow23.14x26.75x36.28x14.67x17.31x
EV / Free cash flow29.50x39.06x59.41x21.99x24.32x
EV / EBITDA22.82x17.20x16.72x12.43x17.05x
Net debt / EBITDA0.53x0.46x0.58x0.50x1.01x
Current ratio1.35x1.91x1.85x1.80x1.70x
Income quality0.81x1.25x0.83x1.64x1.94x
Graham number$124$65$60$54$46
Graham net-net-$15-$9-$6-$8-$10
Tax burden195.8%77.8%83.9%77.3%78.7%
Interest burden89.7%89.6%92.6%95.6%97.3%
Working capital$180.4M$318.8M$266.4M$254.5M$191.2M
Invested capital$1.89B$1.44B$1.36B$1.33B$1.29B
Return on assets12.4%5.5%5.5%5.0%4.0%
Operating ROA8.1%8.4%7.2%6.9%5.6%
Return on tangible assets32.4%11.3%11.7%10.7%9.6%
Return on equity19.4%8.2%8.2%7.9%6.2%
Return on invested capital6.9%7.7%6.7%6.3%4.9%
Return on capital employed9.1%9.9%8.8%8.3%6.3%
Earnings yield5.5%3.1%3.4%4.3%3.2%
Free cash flow yield3.5%2.6%1.7%4.7%4.4%
Capex / Op. cash flow21.6%31.5%38.9%33.3%28.8%
Capex / Depreciation69.5%77.0%62.7%93.1%84.4%
Capex / Sales4.8%4.4%3.5%5.2%5.0%
SG&A / Sales21.4%22.7%23.8%22.8%23.4%
R&D / Sales0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stock comp / Sales1.0%0.9%1.0%0.9%1.0%
Intangibles / Total assets61.6%50.8%53.2%53.6%58.0%
Days sales outstanding115d115d144d123d122d
Days payables outstanding56d61d63d55d46d
Operating cycle240d249d277d236d243d
Cash conversion cycle185d188d214d181d197d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — ▲ up ▼ down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▲+64.7%EV / Sales ▲+37.7%EV / EBITDA ▲+32.6%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-3.614Earnings yield ▲+0.024Graham number ▲+58.912
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.112Return on assets ▲+0.069Return on invested capital ▼-0.008Return on capital employed ▼-0.008Operating ROA ▼-0.002Income quality ▼-0.443Tax burden ▲+1.180
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+0.028Days payables outstanding ▼-5.635Operating cycle ▼-9.110Cash conversion cycle ▼-3.474Capex / Sales ▲+0.004R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.556Net debt / EBITDA ▲+0.068Working capital ▼-138437000.000Invested capital ▲+447481000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▲+0.109

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+172.7%EV / Sales ▲+71.6%EV / EBITDA ▲+33.8%EV / Op. cash flow ▲+5.833Earnings yield ▲+0.023Graham number ▲+77.969
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.132Return on assets ▲+0.084Return on invested capital ▲+0.020Return on capital employed ▲+0.028Operating ROA ▲+0.026Income quality ▼-1.131Tax burden ▲+1.170
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-7.779Days payables outstanding ▲+9.072Operating cycle ▼-3.127Cash conversion cycle ▼-12.199Capex / Sales ▼-0.002R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.340Net debt / EBITDA ▼-0.481Working capital ▼-10801000.000Invested capital ▲+595089000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▲+0.037

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