---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-057524"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:45:14.908902+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Q2 adjusted EPS $0.65 vs $0.56; sales up 23.5% to $205M; record backlog $671M

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.64, adjusted EPS $0.65; sales $204.9M (+23.5% YoY).
- Q2 orders $236.5M (book-to-bill 1.15x), record backlog $671M.
- Segment: A&D sales $84.8M (+3%), USG $64.2M (+62%), Test $55.9M (+28%).
- FY2022 adjusted EPS guidance reaffirmed $3.10-$3.20; Q3 expected $0.84-$0.91.
- Board adds Janice L. Hess as independent director; quarterly dividend $0.08 payable July 19.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-057524
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922057524/0001104659-22-057524-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922057524/tm2214747d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-057524.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Janice L. Hess was elected as Director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 4, 2022 the Company’s Board of Directors, by unanimous written consent pursuant to Section 3.1 of its Bylaws, increased the authorized size of the Board of Directors from seven to eight members and elected Janice L. Hess, age 63, as a director to fill the vacancy thereby created.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922057524/0001104659-22-057524-index.htm

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