After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
ESE belongs to the Technology sector of the NYSE while operating in the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry. The current market capitalization of Esco Technologies, Inc is $5.02B. A total of 0.66 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 173.70K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Valdez Gloria L sold 2,349 shares of ESE for 148.60 per share on Nov 22 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 0 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 22 ’24, Valdez Gloria L bought 2,349 shares at 148.60 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, KHILNANI VINOD M disposed of 60 shares on Aug 19 ’24 at a per-share price of $121.30. This resulted in the Director holding 25,887 shares of ESE after the transaction. In another insider transaction, KHILNANI VINOD M bought 4,000 shares at $121.08 per share on Aug 19 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Esco Technologies, Inc pays an annual dividend of $0.32, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.16%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 42.61.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ESE has a high of $193.49 and a low of $101.42.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ESE’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $56.23M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $182.03M in debt and $275.00M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $49.46, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.02B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ESE is Buy with a score of 4.50.
