ESCO Technologies (ESE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" ESE shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for ESCO Technologies' shares. Their ESE share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $120.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $120.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price.
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ESCO Technologies' stock was trading at $87.54 at the start of the year. Since then, ESE stock has increased by 19.6% and is now trading at $104.72.
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ESCO Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 182,400 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the July 31st total of 158,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 105,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 16th 2023.
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ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.10. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $248.75 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $238.73 million. ESCO Technologies had a net margin of 9.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.83%. The business's revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.89 EPS.

ESCO Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, October 17th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 2nd.
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ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. The dividend payout ratio is 9.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ESE will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.80% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ESCO Technologies updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.17-$1.23 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.31. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.45%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.38%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (4.71%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.82%), State Street Corp (3.68%) and Geneva Capital Management LLC (3.37%).
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One share of ESE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.72.

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) has a market capitalization of $2.70 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 $3.53 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.