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ESCO Technologies Inc. carries $53M of net debt at 0.19× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$53M
Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.19×
Net debt / EBITDA · 0.16× a year ago · the load is going up
- Altman Z-score
- 7.92
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Debt / equity
- 0.09×
Debt / equity
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- Total debtQ2 2026
- $145M
- Cash and short-term investments
- $92M
- Net debt
- $53M
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $272M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $175M
- Debt / equity
- 0.09×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 0.53×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 35%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −46%
- Below its 52-week high
- −20%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Ranks #4 of 16 by Smart Score