Esco Technologies Inc
ESE NYSE· Communications Equipment, Nec
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$232.10
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Esco Technologies Inc had $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 19.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.4% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 15.6%, down 0.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 16 is left after running the business.
- Esco Technologies Inc made $299M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 23.2% a year.
- Free cash flow was $206M in fiscal 2025, 18.8% of revenue.
- Esco Technologies Inc returned $8.3M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 4% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.1%.
- Esco Technologies Inc owes $121M more than it holds in cash, about 0.5 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$6.0B
P/E
19.1x
Revenue
$1.1B
Net income
$299M
Free cash flow
$206M
Operating margin
15.6%
Esco Technologies Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+19.2%
Yes. Sales grew 19.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
27.3%
Yes. It keeps 27.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
18.8%
Yes. 18.8% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.5x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.5 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
3 / 9
Weak. It passes 3 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
19.1x
One share costs 19.1 times its yearly profit per share.
What Esco Technologies Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Dec 1, 2025
- Legal name
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- CIK
- 0000866706
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $715M | $858M | $856M | $919M | $1.1B |
| Revenue growth | −2.1% | 19.9% | −0.2% | 7.4% | 19.2% |
| Net interest income | −$2.3M | −$4.9M | −$8.8M | −$15.2M | −$17.5M |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 38.7% | 41.3% | 42.3% | 42.1% |
| Operating margin | — | — | 13.9% | 15.9% | 15.6% |
| Net income | $63.5M | $82.3M | $92.5M | $102M | $299M |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 27.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.42 | $3.16 | $3.58 | $3.94 | $11.55 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $123M | $135M | $76.9M | $128M | $242M |
| Capital expenditure | $26.7M | $32.1M | $19.7M | $28.3M | $36.3M |
| Free cash flow | $96.4M | $103M | $57.2M | $99.3M | $206M |
| FCF margin | 13.5% | 12.0% | 6.7% | 10.8% | 18.8% |
| Dividends paid | $8.3M | $8.3M | $8.3M | $8.2M | $8.3M |
| Share buybacks | — | $19.9M | $12.4M | $8.0M | — |
| Share count change | 0.3% | −0.6% | −0.7% | −0.0% | 0.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $56.2M | $97.7M | $41.9M | $66.0M | $101M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $204M | $194M | $142M | $160M | $223M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.0B | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | — | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.9x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | — | — | 13.6x | 9.6x | 9.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | — | — | 7.6% | 8.7% | 7.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.4% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 21.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 60.2% | 51.1% | 37.6% | 33.5% | 544.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Altman Z'' | — | — | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$5.3M
5 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $232.10 a share, the company is worth $6.0B: 19.1 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000866706). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.