ESCO Technologies Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
ESE · Technology
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 84 days, change -4 days YoY
AR growth 14.2% vs revenue growth 19.2%
Revenue 19.2%, CFFO 89.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 11.4% vs COGS 19.6%. Normal
CapEx growth 29.8% vs revenue 19.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 50.9%. Normal
Gross margin 42.1%, change -0.2pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 0.81. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 0.63
Accruals ratio = 2.4%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 44% of debt $0.2B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.5B = 96% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 0.9x. Healthy
Other assets -68.3% vs revenue 19.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles surged 59% YoY
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.22 (grey zone)
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25