ESCO Technologies Inc. provides engineered components and systems for aviation, navy, defense, and industrial customers. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures specialty filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial and defense aerospace applications; miniature electro-explosive devices for military aircraft ejection seats and missile arming devices; manufactures and sells mission-critical bushings, pins, sleeves, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 80.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.87), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.16), raising questions about short-term obligations.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Where ESE ranks in Scientific & Technical Instruments
ESCO Technologies Inc. ranks #9 of 34
scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments by moat score — the top 26%.
The widest moat in the group is Garmin Ltd. (GRMN)
at 85/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near ESE in Scientific & Technical Instruments
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 74
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 78
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 77
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 53
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 60
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) scores 68 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 34 scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments, the top 26%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (78/100) and its weakest is Resilience (53/100).
How does ESCO Technologies Inc. compare with other Scientific & Technical Instruments companies?
ESCO Technologies Inc. ranks #9 of 34 scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments by moat score. The widest moat in Scientific & Technical Instruments is Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Fortive Corporation (FTV) at 69 just above it and Trimble Inc. (TRMB) at 66 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 33 companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is ESCO Technologies Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for ESCO Technologies Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ESE scores: Pricing Power (68), Cost Advantage (74), Customer Stickiness (78), Capital Efficiency (77), Resilience (53), Scale & Market Position (60). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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