ESCO Technologies (ESE)

• Market cap: $3.51B
• 1 day: 1.48%
• 5 days: 4.07%
• 1 month: 1.70%
• 3 months: 6.91%
• 6 months: 12.92%
• Year to date: 3.44%
• 1 year: 29.99%
• 5 years: 36.87%
• 10 years: 270.30%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Communications Equipment

About: ESCO Technologies Inc sells engineered products and systems for utility, industrial, aerospace, and commercial applications. The firm operates in three segments: Aerospace and Defense, Utility Solutions Group (USG) and RF Shielding and Test (Test). The Aerospace and Defense segment designs and manufactures specialty filtration and naval products. The USG segment provides diagnostic testing solutions. The Test segment provides its customers with the ability to identify, measure and contain magnetic, electromagnetic and acoustic energy.

Employees: 3,281

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

100% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $26K | Put options by funds: $13K

28% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 100 | Existing positions reduced: 78

22% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.64B [Q2] → $3.22B (+$581M) [Q3]

0% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 29

0.59% less ownership

Funds ownership: 97.44% [Q2] → 96.85% (-0.59%) [Q3]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 256 [Q2] → 253 (-3) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $150 10% upside
• Avg. target: $150 10% upside
• High target: $150 10% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Benchmark Josh Sullivan 77% 1-year accuracy 43 / 56 met price target

10% upside $150

Buy Reiterated

15 Nov 2024