Nordson Corp (NDSN)

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, medical components, and other fluids. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems; components and systems for thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; smart components that measure and control the flow, quantity and location of dispensed fluid; control systems; and product assembly solutions. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers precision manual and semi-automated dispensers, plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components; interventional solutions for engineered shafts and interventional delivery systems, medical tubing, balloons, balloon inflators, nitinol devices, cardiovascular cannula, and biomaterial delivery; medical fluid components; and microplegia myocardial protection devices and related consumables. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for high-speed, precise application of various attachment, protection, and coating fluids, and related gas plasma treatment systems; destructive and non-destructive testing technologies, such as bond testers and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems used in the semiconductor and printed circuit board industries; and precision measurement and control technologies. The company markets its products through direct sales force, distributors, and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

Symbol
NDSN
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Market cap
$18.58B
52 week range
223.29 - 339.12

Valuation

Share price
$333.54 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
33.62x
Price to book
5.68x
Price to free cash flow
25.67x
Enterprise value
$20.29B
Book value per share
$58.68

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+1.37%
5 days+2.39%
1 month+5.34%
3 months+14.86%
6 months+26.77%
Year to date+38.73%
1 year+43.61%
3 years+50.67%
5 years+39.27%
10 years+234.78%
All time+22589.80%

Members of Congress who disclosed NDSN trades

Robert Bresnahan · Tommy Tuberville

Super investors holding NDSN

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
15.92%
Return on invested capital
11.91%
Return on assets
8.19%
Return on capital employed
13.79%
Gross margin
55.16%
Net margin
17.35%
EBITDA margin
28.33%
Revenue growth
3.78%
Net income growth
3.68%
Free cash flow growth
34.43%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.90%
Current ratio
1.82x
Net debt to EBITDA
1.87x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-10-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$2.79B
Cost of revenue
$1.25B
Gross profit
$1.54B
EBITDA
$790.99M
Net income
$484.47M
Earnings per share
$8.56
Research and development
$68.24M
Shares outstanding
56.61M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-10-31$2.79B$1.54B$484.47M$8.56
2024-10-31$2.69B$1.49B$467.28M$8.17
2023-10-31$2.63B$1.43B$487.49M$8.54
2022-10-31$2.59B$1.43B$513.10M$8.90
2021-10-31$2.36B$1.32B$454.37M$7.82
2020-10-31$2.12B$1.13B$249.54M$4.32
2019-10-31$2.19B$1.19B$337.09M$5.87
2018-10-31$2.25B$1.24B$377.38M$6.51
2017-10-31$2.07B$1.14B$295.80M$5.14
2016-10-31$1.81B$993.50M$271.84M$4.76

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-10-3155.16%17.35%15.92%11.91%
2024-10-3155.25%17.37%15.94%10.82%
2023-10-3154.23%18.55%18.76%12.54%
2022-10-3155.07%19.81%22.36%18.93%
2021-10-3156.05%19.23%21.04%17.62%
2020-10-3153.30%11.76%14.19%10.63%
2019-10-3154.33%15.36%21.32%14.47%
2018-10-3154.83%16.74%26.01%16.16%
2017-10-3155.12%14.31%25.60%12.91%
2016-10-3154.92%15.03%31.92%16.53%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-10-31$108.44M$1.68B
2024-10-31$115.95M$2.10B
2023-10-31$115.68M$1.62B
2022-10-31$163.46M$345.32M
2021-10-31$299.97M$781.71M
2020-10-31$208.29M$1.07B
2019-10-31$151.16M$1.08B
2018-10-31$95.68M$1.29B
2017-10-31$90.38M$1.26B
2016-10-31$67.24M$942.77M

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-10-31$661.12M$18.94M
2024-10-31$491.78M$18.96M
2023-10-31$606.70M$22.71M
2022-10-31$461.70M$30.75M
2021-10-31$507.62M$22.76M
2020-10-31$451.89M$12.86M
2019-10-31$318.65M$18.09M
2018-10-31$414.85M$21.55M
2017-10-31$285.19M$20.17M
2016-10-31$273.78M$18.21M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-09-10
Paid in the last twelve months
$3.40
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-09-10$0.94
2026-06-18$0.82
2026-03-19$0.82
2025-12-17$0.82
2025-09-11$0.82
2025-06-18$0.78
2025-03-20$0.78
2025-01-02$0.78

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-08-19Jul/2026$3.09
2026-05-20Apr/2026$2.82
2026-02-18Jan/2026$2.36
2025-12-10Oct/2025$2.93
2025-08-20Jul/2025$2.63
2025-05-28Apr/2025$2.36
2025-02-19Jan/2025$2.08
2024-12-11Oct/2024$2.59

Filings and sources

Company website
nordson.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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