Esco Technologies (ESE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Esco Technologies (ESE) reported Operating Margin of 7.27% for Q1 2026, down 170.0% year-over-year from 10.38% in Q1 2025, and down 45.11% quarter-over-quarter from 13.24% in Q4 2025.
Esco Technologies (ESE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Esco Technologies (ESE) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 7.27% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.27%, down 170.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.34% (down 31325.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.55%, down 144645.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin eased to 7.27% in Q1 2026 per ESE's latest filing, from 13.24% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 20.28% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 8.9% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 12.01% and a median of 13.07% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin plunged 2918 bps in 2024, then surged 2725 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 10.0% in 2022, then advanced by 1 bps to 10.13% in 2023, then gained by 29 bps to 13.07% in 2024, then climbed by 1 bps to 13.24% in 2025, then slumped by 45 bps to 7.27% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ESE's Operating Margin at 7.27% in Q1 2026, 13.24% in Q4 2025, and 18.34% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.27% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.24% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.07% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -8.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.83% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.13% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 20.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.28% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.18% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.46% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.07% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.80% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.56% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.71% |