“Interest expense and other, net increased by $18.4 million in the six months ended July 3, 2026 compared to the prior year period due to $4.8 million of fees associated with the Bridge Loan commitment that the Company entered into to fund the Acquisition as w…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
ESAB Corporation
ESAB
Market read
ESAB Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 32 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 12.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 5.5 percentage points.
- Monitor reported changes in freight and material costs attributed to oil price increases tied to the war in Iran and any quantified impact on gross margin.
- Monitor tariff-related price pass-through disclosures and any quantified attribution of margin dilution or sales volume impact to tariffs in the Americas.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ESAB's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 32 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 12.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 5.5 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 51.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 5.3 percentage points.
- Monitor reported changes in freight and material costs attributed to oil price increases tied to the war in Iran and any quantified impact on gross margin.
- Monitor tariff-related price pass-through disclosures and any quantified attribution of margin dilution or sales volume impact to tariffs in the Americas.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Operating margin changed -1.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -1.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Input and raw-material costs has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
69.28Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Net sales from existing business decreased $6.5 million primarily resulting from volume decreases related to challenges in the Middle East related to the war in Iran and lower volumes in Russia partially offset by increases in customer pricing.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“The decline of adjusted EBITDA margin and Core adjusted EBITDA margin was primarily due to dilution from the EWM acquisition as well as higher freight and material costs due to oil price increases related to the war in Iran.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“Net sales from existing business increased $11.8 million due to customer pricing increases partially offset by reduced sales volumes primarily driven by tariffs and related impacts.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 10:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ESAB. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +90.9%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +2.0%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +3.1%
- FCF margin change
- -1.6 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 12.9% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 5.5 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 51.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 5.3 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The decline of adjusted EBITDA margin and Core adjusted EBITDA margin was primarily due to dilution from the EWM acquisition as well as higher freight and material costs due to oil price increases related to the war in Iran.”
“The decline of Core adjusted EBITDA margin was primarily due to dilution from the EWM acquisition as well as higher freight and material costs due to oil price increases from the war in Iran.”
“Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Russia decreased by $8.5 million largely due to relocating the Russia manufacturing plant from an owned property to a leased property and expenses associated with this relocation project as well as shifting of product mix from higher to lower margin products in response to shifts in demand and decreases in customer pricing while material costs continue to increase.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ESAB
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.competitorFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“The markets that we compete in are also served by Lincoln Electric and the welding business within Illinois Tool Works.”
LECOLincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.competitorFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“The markets that we compete in are also served by Lincoln Electric and the welding business within Illinois Tool Works.”
Depended on by
ENOVEnovis CorporationpartnerFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“The Company sold its air & gas handling business in 2019 and completed the separation of its fabrication technology business into a into an independent, publicly traded company (ESAB) in 2022 (the “Separation”).”
Filing peers
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ESAB is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Industrial Equipment. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.