ESCO Technologies - ESE Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ESCO Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ESE shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ESCO Technologies' stock. Their ESE share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $110.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price.
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ESCO Technologies' stock was trading at $87.54 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, ESE shares have increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $88.67.
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ESCO Technologies saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 191,900 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the January 31st total of 177,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 95,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 8th 2023.
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ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 8th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.11. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $205.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $193.47 million. ESCO Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.36% and a net margin of 9.65%. ESCO Technologies's revenue was up 16.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.46 EPS.

ESCO Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 8th. Investors of record on Monday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, April 18th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF (NSCS), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG) and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT).

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.36%. The dividend payout ratio is 9.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ESE will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.08% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ESCO Technologies updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.68-$0.74 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.77. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

2 employees have rated ESCO Technologies Chief Executive Officer Vic Richey Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Vic Richey Jr. has an approval rating of 50% among the company's employees. This puts Vic Richey Jr. in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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ESCO Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ESE."

ESCO Technologies' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (10.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.36%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.77%), Geneva Capital Management LLC (3.32%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (2.54%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.82%).
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One share of ESE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.67.

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) has a market capitalization of $2.29 billion and generates $857.50 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $82.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.29 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,922 workers across the globe.

ESCO Technologies' mailing address is 9900A CLAYTON ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO, 63124. The official website for the company is www.escotechnologies.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (314) 213-7200, via email at klowrey@escotechnologies.com, or via fax at 314-213-7250.