ESCO Technologies (ESE)

• Market cap: $4.15B
• 1 day: 1.26%
• 5 days: -0.49%
• 1 month: 22.76%
• 3 months: 6.33%
• 6 months: 34.88%
• Year to date: 22.38%
• 1 year: 57.03%
• 5 years: 69.20%
• 10 years: 319.82%
• 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 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

217% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 38 | Existing positions closed: 12

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 254 [Q3] → 278 (+24) [Q4]

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 98 | Existing positions reduced: 93

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.22B [Q3] → $3.32B (+$104M) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 1 (+0) [Q4]

0.2% less ownership

Funds ownership: 96.85% [Q3] → 96.66% (-0.2%) [Q4]

33% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $27K | Put options by funds: $40K

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $190 18% upside
• Avg. target: $190 18% upside
• High target: $190 18% upside

1 analyst rating

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

Benchmark Josh Sullivan 74% 1-year accuracy 43 / 58 met price target

18% upside $190

Buy Maintained

11 Feb 2025