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ESCA

Rank #246

Rank #246 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.28) · ROE 7.8% · Piotroski F-Score 5 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000033488 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowstable
  • Gross margindeteriorating
  • Gross profitabilitystable
  • Net cashimproving
  • Operating margindeteriorating
  • Return on equitydeteriorating
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2019-12-28filed 2020-02-212018-12-29filed 2019-02-222017-12-30filed 2018-02-272016-12-31filed 2017-02-28
Income statement
Revenue180.5175.8177.3167.7
Revenue growth (YoY)2.7%-0.9%3.3%7.8%
Gross profit42.445.044.744.3
Gross margin23.5%25.6%25.2%26.4%
Net income7.320.414.111.5
Net margin4.0%11.6%7.9%6.9%
EPS (diluted)$0.50$1.41$0.98$0.80
EPS growth (YoY)-64.5%43.9%22.5%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow16.06.513.412.2
Capital expenditures2.22.82.72.7
Free cash flow13.93.710.69.5

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?