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ESE vs. FELE, GGG, ITT, NPO, PNR, SNA, WWD, LECO, NDSN, and IEX

Should you be buying ESCO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESCO Technologies include Franklin Electric (FELE), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Nordson (NDSN), and IDEX (IEX).

ESCO Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESCO Technologies pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than ESCO Technologies. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.12$180.31M$3.8724.89
ESCO Technologies$1.03B5.25$101.88M$4.4447.01

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus price target of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. ESCO Technologies has a consensus price target of $187.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.17%. Given Franklin Electric's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ESCO Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, ESCO Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ESCO Technologies and 1 mentions for Franklin Electric. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.48 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ESCO Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ESCO Technologies has a net margin of 10.37% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.71% 14.05% 9.47%
ESCO Technologies 10.37%11.19%7.12%

Summary

ESCO Technologies beats Franklin Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESE vs. The Competition

MetricESCO TechnologiesMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.45B$26.40B$7.89B$21.63B
Dividend Yield0.15%0.92%4.58%3.56%
P/E Ratio47.0121.17311.0129.82
Price / Sales5.25129.10245.8494.31
Price / Cash33.2321.9728.3124.73
Price / Book4.344.254.964.61
Net Income$101.88M$702.35M$796.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.29%4.46%1.92%2.07%
1 Month Performance2.49%13.69%4.91%3.89%
1 Year Performance67.07%9.99%30.61%13.14%

ESCO Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESE
ESCO Technologies
2.7866 of 5 stars
$208.73
-1.1%
$187.50
-10.2%
+66.7%$5.45B$1.03B47.013,281Positive News
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FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4476 of 5 stars
$94.19
-1.0%
$107.00
+13.6%
-6.6%$4.23B$2.02B24.346,300
GGG
Graco
4.3884 of 5 stars
$84.51
-0.2%
$94.50
+11.8%
-1.7%$14.04B$2.11B29.974,300
ITT
ITT
4.3469 of 5 stars
$176.85
+0.0%
$188.11
+6.4%
+23.5%$13.79B$3.63B27.8111,700Analyst Forecast
NPO
Enpro
4.267 of 5 stars
$220.31
-0.8%
$240.00
+8.9%
+46.5%$4.67B$1.05B55.083,500
PNR
Pentair
4.3526 of 5 stars
$109.54
-0.2%
$114.36
+4.4%
+17.5%$17.99B$4.08B29.939,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNA
Snap-On
4.4448 of 5 stars
$344.41
+0.7%
$357.00
+3.7%
+20.3%$17.84B$5.11B18.3713,000
WWD
Woodward
4.5832 of 5 stars
$245.95
-1.3%
$253.11
+2.9%
+55.0%$14.94B$3.32B38.929,300Analyst Upgrade
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.242 of 5 stars
$234.47
-1.0%
$239.33
+2.1%
+24.7%$13.06B$4.01B26.3412,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
NDSN
Nordson
4.4568 of 5 stars
$227.35
+0.2%
$255.75
+12.5%
-8.6%$12.75B$2.69B28.568,000Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.9029 of 5 stars
$162.31
+0.6%
$201.71
+24.3%
-20.8%$12.15B$3.27B26.229,000Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:ESE) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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