Forensic Analysis · Communications Equipment & Electronic Components · as of Nov 9, 2026

Esco Technologies Inc (ESE)

A forensic read on Esco Technologies Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

4.7

Distress distance

Forensic signals

21.5%

ROE

19.2%

Revenue growth

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Esco Technologies Inc earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 4.7, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by cash conversion.

What the filings flag

0.90×

FY2023–FY2025

Cash conversion. Over FY2023–FY2025, cumulative operating cash flow was 0.90× cumulative net income. Cash is lagging reported profit. The shortfall is profit tied up in working capital rather than collected — the accrual and receivables lines below show where.Cash conversion: operating cash flow divided by net income, the share of profit that arrived as cash.

7.9%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 7.9% in the latest fiscal year and steady across FY2023–FY2025, inside a 1.3-point range. After-tax operating profit was $92M in FY2023 and $130M in FY2025, with operating income at 13.9% of revenue in FY2023, 15.9% in FY2024 and 15.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +21% across FY2023–FY2025, from $1.3B to $1.6B, and the return did not fall doing it, so the dollars added over that window earned at least the 6.9% the older base was already earning.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.10B

Revenue Growth YoY+19.2%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+13.1%

Net Margin27.3%

Free Cash Flow$205.6M

Return on Equity21.5%

Debt / Equity0.12x

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