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ESCO Technologies ESE Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$309.3M+33.5%
Gross profit$131.3M+32.3%
Net income$34.7M+11.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.34+11.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$92.3M+60.7%
Total debt$212.7M+45.8%
Total equity$1.6B+24.1%
Total assets$2.4B+41.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.4M-73.4%
CapEx$7.2M-25.7%
Free cash flow$63.0M+117%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.9B+77.4%
Enterprise value$9.02B+76.6%
P/E28.9×-13.6×
P/S7.1×+1.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin41.9%-1.0pp
Net margin24.7%+12.3pp
FCF margin20.5%+7.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.5%+11.9pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio1.5×-0.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from ESCO Technologies’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: ESCO Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is ESCO Technologies's return on invested capital?
ESCO Technologies (ESE) reported return on invested capital of 8.6% in Q1 2026.
How has ESCO Technologies's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
ESCO Technologies's return on invested capital increased by 2.3% year-over-year, from 8.4% to 8.6%.
What is the long-term trend for ESCO Technologies's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), ESCO Technologies's return on invested capital has grown at a 7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.8% to 7.6%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.