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ESE ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 296315104 · Sector: Technology

Cooling

Net holder growth weakened from last quarter

Funds that own it
441
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+11
Last quarter 430 → now 441
How unusual is that
Above average
Stronger buying than 71% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

441 funds held ESE at the end of 2026Q2, up 11 from the quarter before. Buying has come off its highs, but funds are not exiting. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $1.2B(YoY +39.0%), the P/E is 22.4x, return on equity is 19.4%. ESE has had 13 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +17.0% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Technology sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=124 2013Q4: holders=123 2014Q1: holders=122 2014Q2: holders=141 2014Q3: holders=136 2014Q4: holders=134 2015Q1: holders=134 2015Q2: holders=132 2015Q3: holders=132 2015Q4: holders=146 2016Q1: holders=157 2016Q2: holders=154 2016Q3: holders=155 2016Q4: holders=166 2017Q1: holders=160 2017Q2: holders=161 2017Q3: holders=156 2017Q4: holders=166 2018Q1: holders=167 2018Q2: holders=153 2018Q3: holders=164 2018Q4: holders=176 2019Q1: holders=179 2019Q2: holders=180 2019Q3: holders=193 2019Q4: holders=207 2020Q1: holders=194 2020Q2: holders=188 2020Q3: holders=193 2020Q4: holders=201 2021Q1: holders=183 2021Q2: holders=182 2021Q3: holders=193 2021Q4: holders=194 2022Q1: holders=185 2022Q2: holders=180 2022Q3: holders=178 2022Q4: holders=203 2023Q1: holders=193 2023Q2: holders=200 2023Q3: holders=201 2023Q4: holders=222 2024Q1: holders=245 2024Q2: holders=259 2024Q3: holders=256 2024Q4: holders=284 2025Q1: holders=335 2025Q2: holders=361 2025Q3: holders=365 2025Q4: holders=391 2026Q1: holders=430 2026Q2: holders=441 -51 -25.5 +0 +25.5 +51 109287464 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 13 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q1 Top 10%
2025Q2 Top 20% +17.6% +44.1%
2025Q1 Top 5% +3.2% +18.1%
2024Q4 Top 20% +14.1% +16.6%
2024Q2 Top 20% +15.5% +37.9%
2024Q1 Top 20% +11.2% +32.5%
2022Q4 Top 20% -0.9% +6.4%
2021Q3 Top 20% -23.9% -30.2%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
202
Change in large funds
+16
Total value they hold
$9.0B
Funds buying for the first time
70
Funds that sold out entirely
59
Price change that quarter
-8.5%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
4
Funds holding calls (bullish)
6

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
22.4
EPS (TTM)
$11.89
EPS YoY
+160.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$1.2B
Revenue YoY
+39.0%
Net margin
24.7%
ROE
19.4%
Debt ratio
34.1%
FCF (TTM)
$224M
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-06-30: EPS 0.89 2022-09-30: EPS 1.19 2022-12-31: EPS 0.57 2023-03-31: EPS 0.69 2023-06-30: EPS 1.08 2023-09-30: EPS 1.24 2023-12-31: EPS 0.59 2024-03-31: EPS 0.90 2024-06-30: EPS 1.13 2024-09-30: EPS 1.32 2024-12-31: EPS 0.91 2025-03-31: EPS 1.20 2025-06-30: EPS 1.01 2025-09-30: EPS 8.43 2025-12-31: EPS 1.11 2026-03-31: EPS 1.34 0M 176M 353M $M 0.00 4.64 9.27 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 29 17 30 44 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-14M42M98M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $-811K (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-03-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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