Compare Stocks: EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$36.94 +1.2%	$36.06	$32.35 ▼ $45.00	$1.87B	0.87	296,313 shs	285,050 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$273.49 +2.5%	$311.84	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.91B	1.1	213,123 shs	247,561 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$99.27 +1.7%	$104.64	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.31B	1.02	185,092 shs	244,536 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$187.59 -0.5%	$181.18	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.27B	0.94	247,321 shs	250,388 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	+0.83%	-1.49%	-0.63%	+10.47%	-11.92%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+2.45%	-2.84%	-16.15%	-6.49%	+35.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	+1.72%	-2.81%	-9.69%	+0.72%	+2.84%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-0.35%	-2.26%	-3.12%	+16.42%	+11.02%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$36.94 +1.2%	$36.06	$32.35 ▼ $45.00	$1.87B	0.87	296,313 shs	285,050 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$273.49 +2.5%	$311.84	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.91B	1.1	213,123 shs	247,561 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$99.27 +1.7%	$104.64	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.31B	1.02	185,092 shs	244,536 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$187.59 -0.5%	$181.18	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.27B	0.94	247,321 shs	250,388 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	+0.83%	-1.49%	-0.63%	+10.47%	-11.92%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+2.45%	-2.84%	-16.15%	-6.49%	+35.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	+1.72%	-2.81%	-9.69%	+0.72%	+2.84%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-0.35%	-2.26%	-3.12%	+16.42%	+11.02%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	2.00	Hold	$50.00	35.35% Upside
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.00	Buy	$416.50	52.29% Upside
FELE Franklin Electric	2.00	Hold	$114.50	15.34% Upside
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	2.33	Hold	$211.33	12.66% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/25/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/14/2026	EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/11/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/10/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$413.00
8/7/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/4/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$223.00
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $220.00
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $195.00
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$197.00 ➝ $215.00
7/30/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/29/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$100.00 ➝ $105.00

(Data available from 9/4/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$616.90M	3.06	$2.15 per share	17.19	$8.02 per share	4.61
ESE ESCO Technologies	$1.10B	6.47	$9.17 per share	29.81	$62.42 per share	4.38
FELE Franklin Electric	$2.13B	2.06	$5.76 per share	17.24	$31.88 per share	3.11
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.87B	3.86	$9.74 per share	19.25	$36.24 per share	5.18

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$92.75M	$1.77	20.87	17.93	N/A	14.72%	23.21%	12.10%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)
ESE ESCO Technologies	$299.22M	$12.14	22.53	29.53	1.53	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	11/19/2026 (Estimated)
FELE Franklin Electric	$147.09M	$3.47	28.61	19.28	1.75	7.06%	15.18%	10.13%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$278.92M	$8.04	23.33	18.67	N/A	16.13%	25.13%	13.24%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q3 2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	$2.12	$2.20	+$0.08	$1.26	$341.40 million	$339.03 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.14	$2.40	+$0.26	$2.23	$496.27 million	$503.33 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	FELE Franklin Electric	$1.44	$1.55	+$0.11	$1.46	$605.92 million	$622.88 million
7/8/2026	Q3 2026 & Acquisition	EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$0.49	$0.60	+$0.11	$0.58	$165.60 million	$167.55 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	$0.04	0.11%	N/A	2.26%	N/A
ESE ESCO Technologies	$0.32	0.12%	-4.36%	2.64%	N/A
FELE Franklin Electric	$1.12	1.13%	+11.32%	32.28%	33 Years
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.16	1.15%	+4.19%	26.87%	56 Years

Latest EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/23/2026	EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	annual	$0.04	0.12%	10/6/2026	10/6/2026	10/16/2026
8/6/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	quarterly	$0.08	0.11%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/15/2026
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	quarterly	$0.54	1.14%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/10/2026
7/27/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	quarterly	$0.28	1.02%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	8/20/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	0.41	2.67	2.04
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.04	1.38	0.94
FELE Franklin Electric	0.10	2.41	1.10
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.42	3.24	2.02

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	97.70%
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	79.98%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	92.51%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	1.50%
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	2.89%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.70%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group	2,100	51.14 million	50.37 million	Optionable
ESE ESCO Technologies	3,425	25.91 million	25.73 million	Optionable
FELE Franklin Electric	6,500	44.21 million	42.93 million	Optionable
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	5,300	38.58 million	38.31 million	Optionable

EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE Headlines

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EPAC, FELE, MSA, and ESE Company Descriptions

Enerpac Tool Group NYSE:EPAC

$36.94 +0.42 (+1.15%)

As of 09/3/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Enerpac Tool Group Corp. manufactures and sells a range of industrial products and solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, France, and internationally. It operates through Industrial Tools & Services and Other segments. The Industrial Tools & Services segment designs, manufactures, and distributes branded hydraulic and mechanical tools; and provides services and tool rentals to the infrastructure, industrial maintenance, repair and operations, oil and gas, mining, alternative and renewable energy, civil construction, and other markets. It also offers branded tools and engineered heavy lifting technology solutions, and hydraulic torque wrenches; maintenance and manpower services; high-force hydraulic and mechanical tools, including cylinders, pumps, valves, and specialty tools; and bolt tensioners and other miscellaneous products. This segment markets its branded tools and services primarily under the Enerpac, Hydratight, Larzep, and Simplex brands. The Other segment designs and manufactures synthetic ropes and biomedical textiles. The company was formerly known as Actuant Corporation and changed its name to Enerpac Tool Group Corp. in January 2020. Enerpac Tool Group Corp. was incorporated in 1910 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$273.49 +6.59 (+2.47%)

As of 09/3/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

ESCO Technologies Inc. produces and supplies engineered products and systems for industrial and commercial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Defense, Utility Solutions Group, and RF Test & Measurement. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial aerospace applications; filter mechanisms used in micro-propulsion devices for satellites; and custom designed filters for manned aircraft and submarines. It also designs, develops, and manufactures elastomeric-based signature reduction solutions for U.S. naval vessels; and 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. The Utility Solutions Group segment provides diagnostic testing solutions that enable electric power grid operators to assess the integrity of high-voltage power delivery equipment; and decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily wind and solar. The RF Test & Measurement segment designs and manufactures RF test and secure communication facilities, acoustic test enclosures, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, RF measurement systems, and broadcast and recording studios; and RF absorptive materials, filters, antennas, field probes, test cells, proprietary measurement software, and other test accessories to perform various tests. The company distributes its products through a network of distributors, sales representatives, direct sales teams, and in-house sales personnel. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$99.27 +1.68 (+1.72%)

As of 09/3/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. The company operates through Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, drives, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and manufactures electronic drives and controls that are used in motors for controlling functionality, as well as provides protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or tanks. The Fueling Systems segment provides pumps, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment primarily for use in fueling system applications. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, as well as includes electronic devices for online monitoring of the power utility, hydroelectric, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells products produced by the Water Systems segment. The company sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, original equipment manufacturers, industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, and oil and utility companies through its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

MSA Safety Incorporporated NYSE:MSA

$187.59 -0.94 (-0.50%)

As of 09/3/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide. The company's core product offerings include fixed gas and flame detection systems, such as gas detection monitoring systems, and flame detectors and open-path infrared gas detectors; breathing apparatus products, including self-contained breathing apparatus; hand-held portable gas detection instruments to detect the presence or absence of various gases in the air; industrial head protection products; firefighter helmets and protective apparel; and fall protection equipment, such as confined space equipment, harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines, as well as engineered systems. In addition, the company offers air-purifying respirators, eye and face protection products, ballistic helmets, and gas masks. It serves distributors and end-users through indirect and direct sales channels. The company offers its products under the V-Gard, Cairns, and Gallet brand names. MSA Safety Incorporated was founded in 1914 and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

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