How has ESCO Technologies performed over the past 5 years?
5.8%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: ESE has a large one-off loss of $49.3M impacting its December 31 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: ESE's current net profit margins (3.9%) are lower than last year (9.6%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: ESE's earnings have grown by 5.8% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: ESE's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: ESE had negative earnings growth (-60%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Machinery industry average (-12.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: ESE's Return on Equity (2.9%) is considered low.
What is ESCO Technologies's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
0.30%
Current Dividend Yield
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: ESE's dividend (0.3%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.34%).
High Dividend: ESE's dividend (0.3%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.77%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: ESE is not paying a notable dividend for the US market, therefore no need to check if payments are stable.
Growing Dividend: ESE is not paying a notable dividend for the US market, therefore no need to check if payments are increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: ESE is not paying a notable dividend for the US market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of ESE's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Vic Richey (63 yo)
17.83yrs
Tenure
US$1,668,556
Compensation
Mr. Michael J. Merriman, Jr., also known as Mike, CPA, is a Consumer Products Consultant at Product Launch Ventures, LLC. He served as an Operating Advisor and Strategic Advisor at Resilience Capital Partn...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Vic's total compensation ($USD1.67M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD4.98M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Vic's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Victor Richey
Chairman
17.83yrs
US$1.67m
1.06% $ 29.2m
Gary Muenster
Executive VP
10yrs
US$1.06m
0.74% $ 20.4m
Alyson Barclay
Senior VP
21.33yrs
US$616.65k
0.29% $ 8.0m
Kate Lowrey
Director of Investor Relations
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Deborah Boniske
Vice President of Human Resources
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May Scally
Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Schaffer Ltd.
no data
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Bruce Butler
President of ETS-Lindgren Inc.
3.25yrs
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Antonio Gonzalez
President of VACCO Industries
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Bryan Sayler
Utility Solutions Group President & President of Doble Engineering Company
3.25yrs
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Sam Chapetta
Aerospace & Defense Group President
3.25yrs
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Michael Dyson
President of Globe Composite Solutions
1yr
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Michele Marren
VP & Corporate Controller
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3.3yrs
Average Tenure
60.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ESE's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Victor Richey
Chairman
17.83yrs
US$1.67m
1.06% $ 29.2m
Gary Muenster
Executive VP
10yrs
US$1.06m
0.74% $ 20.4m
Robert Phillippy
Independent Director
6.75yrs
US$230.01k
0.011% $ 299.1k
Vinod Khilnani
Independent Director
6.5yrs
US$235.01k
0.078% $ 2.1m
James Stolze
Independent Lead Director
4.25yrs
US$267.78k
0.085% $ 2.3m
Larry Solley
Independent Director
22.08yrs
US$239.16k
0.089% $ 2.5m
Leon Olivier
Independent Director
6.75yrs
US$230.01k
0.0035% $ 95.2k
Patrick Dewar
Independent Director
3.25yrs
US$230.01k
0% $ 0
Gloria Valdez
Independent Director
1.25yrs
US$287.53k
0% $ 0
6.8yrs
Average Tenure
63yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ESE's board of directors are considered experienced (6.8 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: ESE insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
ESCO Technologies Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
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 Grou...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/03/01 00:41
End of Day Share Price
2021/02/26 00:00
Earnings
2020/12/31
Annual Earnings
2020/09/30
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.