All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-12-03.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2021-12-03) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $686 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 19 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 19 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 36%: owes 36¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, ESCO Technologies, Inc. earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 36 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 24% of 12 in its family; net margin 27.3%.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 12% by size; a net margin of 27.3% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of 8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 29% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sayler, Bryan H (CEO & PRESIDENT, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-01-03, 3.9 years (top 31% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (top 50%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 43% of 12 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $101 million against debt of $166 million leaves -2.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.8% of revenue (top 12%); a gross margin of 42.1% (top 41%); research spending of 2.1% of revenue (bottom 4%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 35% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 6% over all 9, speeding up (top 37% of its family); the newest year grew 19.2% (top 29%); research spending grew 23.2% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew 4.2% a year (bottom 46%) (its annual reports). ESCO Technologies, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Aerospace and Defense at $478 million (44%), Utility Solutions Group at $380 million (35%), RF Shielding and Test at $237 million (22%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 18% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
ESCO Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.1% above the $952 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $299 million against a prior three-year average of $92 million (top 4%); a net margin of 27.3% against 10.5% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made