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Espey Mfg. & Electronics

ESP
63
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
$57.32
+0.32 (+0.56%)
Market Cap
$171.7M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange Arca
Winston Score
63
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+12.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.4M (2021) → 2.7M (2025)

Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. is a small American defense electronics company based in Saratoga Springs, New York. It designs and builds specialized power supplies, transformers, and electronic systems used in military equipment like radar, sonar, and communications gear. Its customers are almost entirely the U.S. government and large defense contractors like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Espey earns money by fulfilling long-term government contracts to manufacture custom-engineered components. It operates exclusively in the United States and generates roughly $100 million in annual revenue, making it one of the smaller publicly traded defense suppliers. Its competitive edge comes from decades of specialized engineering expertise and the high cost for customers to switch to a new supplier once a component is designed into a weapons system. The main risk is customer concentration — losing or failing to renew a few large contracts could meaningfully hurt revenue, since the company depends heavily on a small number of government programs.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+56.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$71,074/ year

Declining (-18% vs prior year)

0.2% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

29.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$47M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Espey Mfg. & Electronics is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
37.0%
Modest — 37.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
26.1%
Excellent — 26.1% operating margin
ROCE
5.3%
Weak — 5.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+2.1%
Nearly flat sales (2.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
+41.5%
Earnings growing fast (41.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
144%
Turns 144% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
24.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.0x
Fair value — P/E 15.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
-2.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.69%
Moderate income — 2.69% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+75.0%
Dividend growing fast (75.0% YoY)

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