ESCO Technologies Inc (ESE)
ESCO Technologies Inc. provides engineered components and systems for aviation, navy, defense, and industrial customers. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures specialty filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial and defense aerospace applications; miniature electro-explosive devices for military aircraft ejection seats and missile arming devices; manufactures and sells mission-critical bushings, pins, sleeves, and precision-tolerance machined components for landing gear, rotor heads, engine mounts, flight controls, and actuation systems for the aerospace and defense industries; designs, develops and manufactures elastomeric-based signature reduction solutions for U.S. naval vessels; and provides mission-critical signature and power management solutions. The Utility Solutions Group segment develops, manufactures, and delivers diagnostic testing solutions; and designs and manufactures decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily wind and solar. The RF Test & Measurement segment designs and manufactures products and systems to measure and control RF energy for research and development, regulatory compliance, and medical and security applications; and turnkey systems, such as RF test facilities and measurement systems, acoustic test enclosures, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, and secure communication facilities. This segment also supplies RF absorptive materials, filters, antennas, field probes, test cells, proprietary measurement software, and other test accessories; and offers calibration and product tests, feedthrough capacitors, high current power, telephone, data and control line filters, and high-altitude electromagnetic protection filters. It distributes its products through distributors, sales representatives, direct sales teams, and in-house sales personnel. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- Symbol
- ESE
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Scientific & Technical Instruments
- Market cap
- $6.90B
- 52 week range
- 193.68 - 362.15
Valuation
- Share price
- $266.19 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.85x
- Price to book
- 4.26x
- Price to free cash flow
- 33.27x
- Enterprise value
- $6.95B
- Book value per share
- $62.43
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | +1.44% |
| 5 days | +2.35% |
| 1 month | -7.33% |
| 3 months | -22.41% |
| 6 months | -0.66% |
| Year to date | +36.24% |
| 1 year | +23.30% |
| 3 years | +154.19% |
| 5 years | +246.92% |
| 10 years | +473.81% |
| All time | +10021.29% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 19.42%
- Return on invested capital
- 8.01%
- Return on assets
- 12.41%
- Return on capital employed
- 8.96%
- Gross margin
- 42.09%
- Net margin
- 27.32%
- EBITDA margin
- 22.40%
- Revenue growth
- 19.18%
- Net income growth
- 193.70%
- Free cash flow growth
- 107.14%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 3.01%
- Current ratio
- 1.38x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 0.18x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-09-30
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $1.10B
- Cost of revenue
- $634.30M
- Gross profit
- $461.08M
- EBITDA
- $245.38M
- Net income
- $299.22M
- Earnings per share
- $11.59
- Research and development
- $23.00M
- Interest expense
- $17.50M
- Shares outstanding
- 25.81M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $1.10B | $461.08M | $299.22M | $11.59 |
| 2024-09-30 | $919.13M | $388.57M | $101.88M | $3.95 |
| 2023-09-30 | $855.79M | $353.11M | $92.55M | $3.59 |
| 2022-09-30 | $857.50M | $332.05M | $82.32M | $3.17 |
| 2021-09-30 | $715.44M | $270.39M | $63.50M | $2.44 |
| 2020-09-30 | $730.47M | $272.16M | $99.41M | $3.82 |
| 2019-09-30 | $726.04M | $288.05M | $81.04M | $3.12 |
| 2018-09-30 | $683.65M | $263.94M | $92.14M | $3.56 |
| 2017-09-30 | $685.74M | $248.82M | $53.70M | $2.08 |
| 2016-09-30 | $571.46M | $220.65M | $45.88M | $1.78 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 42.09% | 27.32% | 19.42% | 8.01% |
| 2024-09-30 | 42.28% | 11.08% | 8.23% | 8.87% |
| 2023-09-30 | 41.26% | 10.81% | 8.18% | 7.69% |
| 2022-09-30 | 38.72% | 9.60% | 7.85% | - |
| 2021-09-30 | 37.79% | 8.88% | 6.23% | - |
| 2020-09-30 | 37.26% | 13.61% | 10.37% | - |
| 2019-09-30 | 39.67% | 11.16% | 9.81% | - |
| 2018-09-30 | 38.61% | 13.48% | 12.13% | - |
| 2017-09-30 | 36.29% | 7.83% | 7.99% | - |
| 2016-09-30 | 38.61% | 8.03% | 7.46% | - |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $101.35M | $166.00M |
| 2024-09-30 | $65.96M | $102.00M |
| 2023-09-30 | $41.87M | $82.00M |
| 2022-09-30 | $97.72M | $133.00M |
| 2021-09-30 | $56.23M | $134.00M |
| 2020-09-30 | $52.56M | $40.00M |
| 2019-09-30 | $61.81M | $265.00M |
| 2018-09-30 | $30.48M | $200.00M |
| 2017-09-30 | $45.52M | $255.00M |
| 2016-09-30 | $53.83M | $90.00M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $205.62M | $10.67M |
| 2024-09-30 | $99.27M | $8.60M |
| 2023-09-30 | $57.23M | $8.91M |
| 2022-09-30 | $103.17M | $7.32M |
| 2021-09-30 | $96.43M | $6.91M |
| 2020-09-30 | $50.17M | $5.55M |
| 2019-09-30 | $80.91M | $5.09M |
| 2018-09-30 | $78.02M | $5.03M |
| 2017-09-30 | $37.61M | $5.44M |
| 2016-09-30 | $60.02M | $4.70M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-07-02
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $0.32
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-07-02 | $0.08 |
| 2026-04-02 | $0.08 |
| 2026-01-02 | $0.08 |
| 2025-10-02 | $0.08 |
| 2025-07-02 | $0.08 |
| 2025-04-02 | $0.08 |
| 2025-01-02 | $0.08 |
| 2024-10-02 | $0.08 |
Investor relations
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Jun/2026 | $2.12 |
| 2026-05-07 | - | - |
| 2026-02-05 | - | - |
| 2025-11-20 | - | - |
| 2025-08-07 | - | - |
| 2025-05-07 | - | - |
| 2025-02-06 | - | - |
| 2024-11-14 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- escotechnologies.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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