secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC (ESE)
CIK:        0000866706
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-014539
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ESCO Q1 GAAP EPS $0.57 (+30% YoY), sales $205.5M (+16%); acquires CMT Materials
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- Q1 GAAP EPS $0.57, adjusted EPS $0.60, both up 30% YoY; sales $205.5M (+16% YoY).
- Record backlog $718M; orders $228.9M (book-to-bill 1.11x); Q2 adj EPS guidance $0.68-$0.74.
- Acquired CMT Materials (buoyancy/syntactic foams) for ~$15M annual sales; adds to A&D segment.
- Dividend $0.08/share payable Apr 18 to holders of record Apr 3; repurchased 58k shares for $5.1M.
- CFO awarded 2,507 RSUs ($250k value) vesting Nov 5, 2025, subject to plan approval.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923014539/0001104659-23-014539-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923014539/tm235767d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-014539

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