ESAB Corporation (ESAB) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

ESAB Corporation (ESAB) carries a market capitalisation of $4.66B. It is classified in the Metal Fabrication industry, within the Industrials sector. The company reports 10,300 employees.

The most recent close on file for ESAB is $75.02, dated September 4, 2026. That is +$0.32 (+0.43%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $73.21 to $137.42. The latest close sits 2.48% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $2.84B. That is +3.71% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $2.74B. Net income for the same year was $226.77M. That is −14.38% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 5.75%. That is 1 percentage points above the Metal Fabrication median of 4.7%. Trailing earnings per share are 3.19.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $2.59B in 2022 to $2.84B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

On trailing earnings, the shares are priced at 23.52 times earnings. That is 20.43% above the Metal Fabrication median of 19.53. On forward earnings the ratio is 11.49. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 0.73. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 1.55 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 16.36% above the Metal Fabrication median of 1.33. The medians here are taken across 20 Metal Fabrication companies that report the metric.

The trailing one-year price return is −35.30%. Measured over 3 years, that is +1.25% a year compounded. Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.13. Daily returns over the trailing 4 years annualize to a volatility of 37.03%.

Growth & Income

The trailing dividend yield is 0.56%. That is 0.3 percentage points below the Metal Fabrication median yield of 0.83%. At the indicated rate that is $0.42 a share a year. The ex-dividend date on file is July 2, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 5 calendar years; 2026 shows 2 payments totalling $0.22 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.38 a share.

So far in 2026 the price is −32.70%. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2023 at +85.23%; the weakest is 2025 at −6.55%. Of the 3 complete calendar years on file, 2 finished higher.