ESCO Technologies, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: US2963151046
USD
346.51
3.43 (1.0%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is ESCO Technologies, Inc. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 7.78% and Operating profit at 10.84% over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Jun 25
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 805.69
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 8.1% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 38.63 %
4
With ROE of 9.24%, it has a fair valuation with a 4.39 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 43.25%, its profits have risen by 20% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.4
5
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 43.25% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to ESCO Technologies, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Electronics & Appliances)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is ESCO Technologies, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
ESCO Technologies, Inc.
84.35%
2.67
35.84%
S&P 500
20.78%
0.70
20.15%
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
10.71%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.81%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
18.64
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.55
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.03
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.72
Tax Ratio
22.19%
Dividend Payout Ratio
6.55%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
9.99%
ROE (avg)
7.05%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
66
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.46
EV to EBIT
45.04
EV to EBITDA
30.83
EV to Capital Employed
5.32
EV to Sales
7.11
PEG Ratio
3.86
Dividend Yield
12.18%
ROCE (Latest)
11.81%
ROE (Latest)
8.29%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Bullish
Bullish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 258.95 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 3,122.22

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 196.08 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.55 times

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 309.34 MM has Grown at 33.46%

-3What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 5.97%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 9.2% (YoY

Here's what is working for ESCO Technologies, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 258.95 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 3,122.22
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
At USD 309.34 MM has Grown at 33.46%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 196.08 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 3.55 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Depreciation
Highest at USD 26.84 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for ESCO Technologies, Inc.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 5.97% and Fallen
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 9.2% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales