ESE — ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC

US Technology Communications equipment equity mkt cap 7.4B
287.24 +0.94% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 190.55 · high 354.90

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Performance

1 day+0.94%
1 week-6.09%
1 month-13.33%
3 months-2.06%
6 months+3.86%
Year to date+45.35%
1 year+50.78%
3 years+176.38%
5 years+219.80%

Technicals

RSI 1431.0
vs 50-day avg-11.04%
vs 200-day avg+4.73%
Volatility 1y33.9%
Max drawdown 1y-19.82%
Avg volume 30d195.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.14%
Paid last 12m0.4000
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-31

Measured signals that fired on ESE

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-07Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-28Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-15Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-08Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-05-01Valdez Gloria L
Director
Option exercise197326.9664.4K
2026-02-05KHILNANI VINOD M
Director
Option exercise1.3K238.40321.6K
2026-02-05Conner Penelope M
Director
Option exercise1.3K238.40321.6K
2026-02-05Hess Janice L.
Director
Option exercise1.3K238.40321.6K
2026-02-05Valdez Gloria L
Director
Option exercise1.3K238.40321.6K
2026-02-05PHILLIPPY ROBERT J
Director
Option exercise1.3K238.40321.6K
2025-12-03Sayler Bryan H
CEO & PRESIDENT
Shares withheld for tax3.1K212.91667.3K
2025-12-03Tucker Christopher L
Sr. Vice President & CFO
Shares withheld for tax1.1K212.91243.4K
2025-12-03Schatz David M
Sr. VP, Sec'y & Gen. Counsel
Shares withheld for tax597212.91127.1K
2025-12-01Hess Janice L.
Director
Option exercise5.6K204.971.2M

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.1.1B4.0M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC433.3M1.5M
Invesco Ltd.353.6M1.3M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC326.9M1.2M
STATE STREET CORP291.7M1.0M
Capital World Investors211.1M750.1K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP179.1M636.5K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC178.2M633.2K
GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC176.3M626.5K
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC176.3M626.5K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d63.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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