---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-013878"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:24:40.419180+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Q1 fiscal 2022: GAAP EPS $0.44 (down from $0.49), sales $177M (+8.8%), orders $224M, book-to-bill 1.27x

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.44, adjusted EPS $0.46; prior-year GAAP $0.49, adjusted $0.52.
- Sales $177M, +8.8% YoY; orders $224M, book-to-bill 1.27x; backlog at record.
- Labor/supply chain constraints reduced Q1 sales by an estimated $5-8M.
- Annual meeting: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, say on pay approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-013878
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 5.07, 8.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922013878/0001104659-22-013878-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922013878/tm225779d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-013878.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry W. Solley retired as director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: director
  source text: the retirement of director Larry W. Solley became effective upon the expiration of his term at the 2022 Annual Meeting, at which time the number of directors constituting the Registrant’s Board of Directors was reduced from eight to seven.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922013878/0001104659-22-013878-index.htm

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