---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-057736"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T11:15:41.442956+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Q2 FY2023 GAAP EPS $0.69, Adj EPS $0.76; Sales up 12%; Raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP EPS $0.69 vs $0.64 YoY; adj EPS $0.76 vs $0.65, up 17%.
- Sales $229.1M, +11.8% YoY; A&D +17%, USG +23%, Test -9%.
- Orders $251.6M, book-to-bill 1.10x; record backlog $741M.
- FY2023 adj EPS guidance raised to $3.55-$3.65 (11-14% growth); Q3 adj EPS $0.96-$1.01.
- Board changes: Vic Richey retires June 30; Robert Phillippy becomes Chair; Lead Director eliminated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-057736
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+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, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923057736/0001104659-23-057736-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923057736/tm2315148d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC reported Fiscal Q2 2023 ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue Sales of $229.1 million for Q2 2023, EPS GAAP EPS $0.69; Adjusted EPS $0.76.
  - Period: Fiscal Q2 2023 ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: Sales of $229.1 million for Q2 2023
  - EPS: GAAP EPS $0.69; Adjusted EPS $0.76
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ESCO REPORTS SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2023 RESULTS - Q2 GAAP EPS $0.69 / Adjusted EPS $0.76 - - Q2 Sales increase 12% to $229 Million - - $252 Million in Q2 Orders / Book-to-bill of 1.10x - ST. LOUIS, May 9, 2023 – ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) (ESCO, or the Company) today reported its operating results for the second quarter ended March 31, 2023 (Q2 2023).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923057736/0001104659-23-057736-index.htm
- Executive change
  Victor L. Richey resigned as Executive Chair of the Board at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Chair of the Board
  source text: it had accepted the resignation of Victor L. Richey as a director of the Company, as Executive Chair of the Board, and as an employee of the Company, all effective June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923057736/0001104659-23-057736-index.htm

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