ESCO Technologies - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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ESCO Technologies M&A Summary

ESCO Technologies has acquired 18 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

ESCO Technologies’ largest acquisition to date was in 2007, when it acquired Doble Engineering Company for $319M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2020, when it sold ESCO Technologies - Technical Packaging Business to Sonoco Products for $187M. ESCO Technologies has acquired in 6 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include test/measurement equipment (48%) and manufacturing (18%).

ESCO Technologies Business Overview

Where is ESCO Technologies headquartered?

ESCO Technologies is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

What is ESCO Technologies’ revenue?

ESCO Technologies disclosed revenue of 956M USD for 2023 and 858M USD for 2022.

How many employees does ESCO Technologies have?

ESCO Technologies has 2,894 employees.

What sector is ESCO Technologies in?

ESCO Technologies is a test/measurement equipment company.

When was ESCO Technologies founded?

ESCO Technologies was founded in 1990.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity20
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 8
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 2

ESCO Technologies

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

9900A Clayton Road,
St. Louis, Missouri 63124
United States,
(314) 213-7200
www.escotechnologies.com

ESCO Technologies is a proven supplier of special purpose utility solutions for electric, gas and water utilities, including hardware and software to support advanced metering applications and fully automated intelligent instrumentation. In addition, the Company provides engineered filtration products to the aviation, space, and process markets worldwide. ESCO Technologies was founded in 1990 and is Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 15 - 2 - - - 17
vol $348M $348M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 1 1 - - - 1 3
vol $150M $187M $337M
  20

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Xtensible Solutions, Inc. 2024-10-15 - Divestiture
Orlando, Florida · www.xtensible.net
Phenix Technologies, Inc. 2021-08-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Accident, Maryland · www.phenixtech.com
I.S.A Altanova Group S.R.L. 2021-05-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Taino, Italy · www.altanova-group.com
ESCO Technologies, Inc. - Technical Packaging Business 2020-01-02 187M USD Divestiture
St. Louis, Missouri
Manta Test Systems, Inc. 2018-03-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Mississauga, Ontario · www.mantatest.com
Vanguard Instruments Co. Inc. 2017-09-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Ontario, California · www.vanguard-instruments.com
Morgan Schaffer, Inc. 2017-05-25 - Add-on Acquisition
LaSalle, Quebec · www.morganschaffer.com
NRG Systems, Inc. 2017-05-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Hinesburg, Vermont · www.renewablenrgsystems.com
Mayday Manufacturing Co., Inc. 2016-11-07 - Divestiture
Denton, Texas · www.maydaymfg.com
Westland Technologies, Inc. 2016-09-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Modesto, California · www.westlandtech.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Test/Measurement Equipment 8 (47%) 319M (92%) - -
Manufacturing 3 (18%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (6%) - 1 (33%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (6%) - 1 (33%) 150M (45%)
Aerospace 1 (6%) - - -
Electrical Equipment 1 (6%) - - -
Plastics 1 (6%) - - -
Software 1 (6%) 29M (8%) - -
Packaging - - 1 (33%) 187M (55%)
Total 17 $348M 3 $337M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 11 348M 3 337M
  California 4 - - -
  Texas 2 - - -
  Massachusetts 2 348M - -
  Florida 1 - 1 -
  Missouri - - 2 337M
  Vermont 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 - - -
Canada 2 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Germany 2 - - -
Italy 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 11 (65%) 348M (100%) 3 (100%) 337M (100%)
Cross-border 6 (35%) - - -
Total 17 $348M 3 $337M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
 1
Legal Deals
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $319M
< $100M 1 $29M
TOTAL $348M
Largest Doble Engineering Company
$319M (2007-12-03)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $337M
TOTAL $337M
Largest ESCO Technologies, Inc. - Technical Packaging Business
$187M (2020-01-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
18%
3 (18%)
Strategic(s)
6%
1 (6%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Strategic(s)
67%
2 (67%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Test/Measurement Equipment

Revenue

956   12% 2023
858   20% 2022
715   3% 2021
733   10% 2020
813   6% 2019
772   13% 2018
686   21% 2017
571   7% 2016
537   2% 2015
531   9% 2014
490   3% 2013
478   2012
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Employees

2,894

Established

1990

Public

NYSE: ESE

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