ESCO Technologies (ESE) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $2.20
- Estimate
- $2.12
- Surprise
- +3.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
ESCO Technologies (ESE) beat the $2.12 estimate with diluted EPS of $2.20 — a clear 3.9% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Hold at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ESE Hold at 5.7/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.9% surprise compares with a +10.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-19.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: Globe single supplier of critical materials
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Negative momentum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $274.02
- Price target
- $332.14
- Stop
- $256.24
- Upside to target
- +21.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.3:1
The stock trades at 49.5× trailing but 29.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 25 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ESE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Scientific & Technical Instruments
- Market cap
- $7.10B
- P/E (fwd)
- 29.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 49.5
- 52-week range
- $193.68–$362.15
- Off 52-week high
- 24.3%
- RSI (14)
- 25
- Volume vs avg
- 0.66×
- Score today
- 5.7/10