---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-086768"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:00:29.130597+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Q3: sales +5% to $261M, adj EPS $1.16 (+6%), orders +46% to $312M; VACCO Space strategic review

## Summary
- Q3 sales $260.8M (+5% YoY), GAAP EPS $1.13 (+5%), adjusted EPS $1.16 (+6%).
- Orders surged 46% to $311.7M, book-to-bill 1.20x, record backlog $889M.
- Entered $375M incremental term loan to fund $550M SM&P acquisition; awaiting approval, close Q1 fiscal 2025.
- Board added two independent directors (Conner, Campbell) subject to FERC approval.
- Undertaking strategic review of VACCO Space business; alternatives include sale or JV.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-086768
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465924086768/0001104659-24-086768-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465924086768/tm2421020d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Penelope M. Conner was elected as Director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Penelope M. Conner, age 60, as a director to fill the vacancy thereby created, to serve for a term ending at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465924086768/0001104659-24-086768-index.htm
- Executive change
  David A. Campbell was elected as Director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected David A. Campbell, age 55, as a director to fill the vacancy thereby created, to serve for a term ending at the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465924086768/0001104659-24-086768-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.