Is ESCO Technologies (ESE) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows ESCO Technologies's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 69.8, a forward P/E of about 35.8, a price-to-book of about 5.3 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does ESCO Technologies's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, about 90% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (0.90×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is ESCO Technologies's revenue?

ESCO Technologies reported revenue of $1.1B for FY2025, with net profit of $299.2M, per official filings.

What is the share price of ESCO Technologies (ESE)?

ESCO Technologies last traded at $325.38 (-2.0% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

ESCO Technologies

ESE · NYSE · Industrials · United States

$325.38-2.0%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:27 PM

Snapshot

TickerESE

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryScientific & Technical Instruments

CountryUnited States

Employees3,359

HeadquartersSaint Louis, United States

Market cap$8.4B

P/E (TTM)69.8

P/B5.3

Volume100K

Websitewww.escotechnologies.com

Filings tracked5

About ESCO Technologies

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.4%
Institutions99.6%
Public & other0.0%

588 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Pacer Advisors, Inc.16.40%
Blackrock Inc.15.35%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.94%
Invesco Ltd.4.85%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.48%
State Street Corporation4.00%
Capital World Investors2.90%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.46%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years, about 90% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement.

Cash conversion0.90×

Over 3 years, about 90% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement.

Net margin trend10.8% → 27.3%

Margin has expanded by about 16.5 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity19.4%

Latest ROE of 19.4% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 13% · PAT 80%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $377.6M · EPS 2.52

Est. earnings growth +8.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $1.6B · EPS 9.09

Est. earnings growth +11.0%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$174.9252-wk range$362.15

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$8.4B

Day change

-2.0%

P/E (TTM)

69.8

Fwd P/E

35.8

P/B

5.3

Div yield

0.10%

Beta

1.09

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.1B

Net margin

27.3%

ROE

19.4%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+13.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+79.8%

EPS (FY2025)

11.55

Net profit (FY2025)

$299.2M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.1B	$299.2M	11.55	27.3%	19.4%
FY2024	$919.1M	$101.9M	3.94	11.1%	8.2%
FY2023	$855.8M	$92.5M	3.58	10.8%	8.2%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$309.3M	$34.7M	1.34	11.2%
2025Q4	$289.7M	$28.7M	1.11	9.9%
2025Q2	$296.3M	$26.1M	1.01	8.8%
2025Q1	$231.8M	$31.0M	1.20	13.4%
2024Q4	$214.6M	$23.5M	0.91	10.9%
2024Q2	$233.6M	$29.2M	1.13	12.5%
2024Q1	$249.1M	$23.2M	0.90	9.3%
2023Q4	$218.3M	$15.2M	0.59	6.9%
2023Q2	$248.7M	$27.9M	1.08	11.2%
2023Q1	$229.1M	$17.9M	0.69	7.8%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Material agreement, Termination of agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC6/3/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/11/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/7/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Unregistered equity sale, Exhibits
SEC4/16/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/15/2026material

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