Esco Technologies Inc.
The Company The Registrant is ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), sometimes referred to in this report as ESCO. Except where the context indicates otherwise, the terms Company , we , our and us are used in this report to refer to ESCO together with its subsidiaries through which its businesses are conducted.
$249.12
-$3.55 (-1.40%)
EOD Oct 16, 2026
15.55% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 8.33%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 19.2%, still solid.
Even for strong businesses, today's 21x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
20.5x earnings, 31.1x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.29B
▲ +19.2% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$315M
▲ +193.7% YoY
Op. Margin
15.34%
▼ -0.4pp YoY
ROIC
8.86%
▼ -0.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$207M
▲ +107.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$244M
▲ +89.7% YoY
Net Debt
$77M
Cash & Equiv.
$73M
5Y CAGR: +8.4%
5Y CAGR: +32.6%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 31 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 26 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 16 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Sep. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Esco Technologies (ESE) overvalued?
At a P/E of 20.5 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 31.1, Esco Technologies (ESE) trades around a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $325.77 per share, so at $249.12 the stock looks around fair value (30.8% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Esco Technologies scores 79/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 0.1%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Esco Technologies's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $325.77 per share for ESE, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $244.33. At today's $249.12, that puts the stock about 30.8% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Esco Technologies a high-quality business?+
Esco Technologies scores 79 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 15.3% operating margin and a 8.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does Esco Technologies (ESE) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, Esco Technologies pays a regular dividend of about $0.32 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 0.1% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 2.6% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For ESE's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is Esco Technologies a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. ESE currently trades around its estimated intrinsic value and scores 79/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 0.1%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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