Nordson Corporation

NDSN Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Nordson Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 3.78% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 10.3%, EPS grew 22.9%, free cash flow grew 4.57% and total debt fell 18.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

322.31 6.49 −1.97%
Market cap
$18.3B
P/E
32.5×
Fwd P/E
27.9×
Dividend yield
1.05%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.80
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
89/100
Oct '16 Oct '17 Oct '18 Oct '19 Oct '20 Oct '21 Oct '22 Oct '23 Oct '24 Oct '25
P/E ratio
20.99 24.70 18.86 26.71 45.50 33.04 25.25 24.92 30.30 27.07
Piotroski F-Score
8 4 6 5 5 7 7 5 5 5
P/S ratio
3.16 3.53 3.15 4.11 5.36 6.36 5.01 4.62 5.27 4.70
Altman Z-Score
4.78 3.96 4.52 5.15 5.71 8.02 7.82 4.88 4.74 4.80
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
5.37 3.98 5.16 5.32 5.36 6.53 6.44 5.17 4.91 4.99
P/FCF ratio
20.77 25.20 17.12 28.16 25.13 29.60 28.07 20.00 28.82 19.85
Beneish M-Score
(2.49) (2.38) (2.64) (2.45) (2.85) (2.52) (2.34) (2.59) (2.56) (2.66)
P/Operating CF
40.84 54.01 43.97 61.52 59.12 88.17 74.76 74.36 147.06 64.71
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 89
P/B ratio
6.71 6.31 4.90 5.70 6.47 6.96 5.65 4.67 4.83 4.31
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 169.62 80.90 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales
3.67 4.25 3.70 4.61 5.79 6.59 5.23 5.24 6.05 5.38
EV/EBITDA
14.47 15.78 13.65 17.04 26.55 21.64 16.89 17.55 20.09 17.43
EV/Operating CF
19.83 24.64 16.52 26.41 24.45 28.50 26.41 21.47 29.26 20.89
EV/FCF
24.13 30.40 20.08 31.61 27.14 30.65 29.33 22.69 33.09 22.72
Quick Ratio
1.50 0.92 1.68 1.43 1.87 1.77 0.84 1.21 1.34 0.92
Current Ratio
2.25 1.37 2.52 2.12 2.81 2.62 1.36 2.11 2.41 1.64
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.01 2.70 2.01 1.86 1.96 0.74 0.73 2.08 2.59 2.20
Debt/Assets
40.92% 46.64% 38.67% 35.65% 30.38% 21.92% 19.61% 33.30% 36.95% 33.87%
Debt/Equity
1.16 1.38 0.91 0.79 0.63 0.38 0.33 0.67 0.76 0.66
Asset Turnover
0.76 0.71 0.66 0.63 0.59 0.63 0.68 0.58 0.48 0.47
Operating CF/Net income
1.23 1.21 1.34 1.14 2.01 1.20 1.00 1.32 1.19 1.48
Capex/Depreciation
(0.85) (0.74) (0.82) (0.57) (0.44) (0.37) (0.51) (0.31) (0.47) (0.38)
Interest Coverage
18.22 12.74 10.14 10.25 10.87 24.13 31.34 11.31 7.58 6.83
ROE
35.97% 29.48% 28.96% 22.24% 14.94% 23.19% 23.04% 19.93% 16.90% 16.21%
ROA
11.37% 10.14% 11.04% 9.72% 6.94% 12.17% 13.48% 10.75% 8.31% 8.13%
ROIC
13.68% 10.97% 11.73% 11.25% 8.19% 14.29% 15.24% 9.94% 8.37% 9.01%
Return on Tangible Assets
39.56% 50.39% 41.00% 36.15% 24.56% 42.27% 78.67% 46.87% 36.19% 48.37%
Average Days of Receivables
86.47 89.19 79.55 88.29 81.20 75.62 75.71 82.05 80.69 76.86
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
33.45% 32.55% 32.54% 32.31% 32.70% 30.01% 27.96% 28.63% 30.19% 29.21%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.56 0.63 0.62 0.59 0.58 0.55 0.56 0.66 0.67 0.67
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
1.01% 0.98% 0.96% 0.82% 0.61% 0.96% 1.19% 0.86% 0.70% 0.68%
Graham Net Nets
(0.14) (0.19) (0.15) (0.10) (0.08) (0.03) (0.03) (0.12) (0.13) (0.12)
Graham Number
40.02 48.15 60.51 60.28 54.47 80.92 89.34 93.46 97.15 101.82
Earnings Yield
4.76% 4.05% 5.30% 3.74% 2.20% 3.03% 3.96% 4.01% 3.30% 3.69%
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.81% 3.97% 5.84% 3.55% 3.98% 3.38% 3.56% 5.00% 3.47% 5.04%
Revenue per Share
31.70 35.93 38.89 38.19 36.72 40.66 44.95 46.04 47.05 49.32
Operating CF per Share
5.86 6.20 8.71 6.66 8.70 9.40 8.90 11.23 9.73 12.70
Capex per Share
(1.04) (1.17) (1.54) (1.10) (0.86) (0.66) (0.89) (0.60) (1.13) (1.02)
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.82 5.03 7.16 5.57 7.84 8.74 8.02 10.63 8.60 11.68
Cash per Share
1.18 1.57 1.65 2.63 3.61 5.16 2.84 2.03 2.03 1.92
Shareholders Equity per Share
14.92 20.08 25.03 27.51 30.46 37.17 39.81 45.51 51.28 53.77
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
14.92 20.08 25.03 27.51 30.46 37.17 39.81 45.51 51.28 53.77
Free Cash Flow
275.08 289.20 415.31 319.93 452.73 507.79 461.98 606.80 491.86 661.42
Working Capital
414.03 240.63 533.82 533.57 657.52 719.44 298.77 647.22 746.56 484.59
Capital Expenditures
(59.55) (67.55) (89.33) (62.96) (49.69) (38.14) (51.15) (34.48) (64.33) (57.75)
Net Current Asset Value
(823.40) (1,370.67) (1,086.17) (924.21) (895.05) (466.99) (393.03) (1,424.40) (1,793.74) (1,631.26)
EV/EBIT
17.09 18.85 16.59 20.93 35.15 25.30 19.30 20.47 24.15 21.11
Capex to Sales
0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02
Price to Operating Income
14.71 15.63 14.15 18.65 32.55 24.43 18.46 18.04 21.03 18.45
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.26 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.32 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.25 0.29
Cash ROIC
14.41% 10.19% 14.47% 10.71% 14.68% 15.43% 14.41% 13.60% 9.34% 12.83%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
4.42 4.43 4.53 4.29 4.23 4.91 5.05 4.66 4.54 4.72
Accounts Payable Turnover
11.38 11.51 12.01 11.88 12.69 12.77 12.19 11.70 11.79 11.44
Inventory Turnover
3.66 3.83 3.85 3.66 3.54 3.44 3.28 2.87 2.58 2.72
Average Days of Payables
33.63 33.84 29.96 31.01 26.14 32.24 31.14 32.25 29.67 35.28
Days of Inventory on Hand
98.63 103.98 94.80 103.22 102.07 115.04 120.25 137.96 144.61 129.69
Average Receivables
409.06 466.82 498.26 511.09 501.32 480.63 513.35 564.10 592.77 591.25
Average Payables
71.68 80.57 84.80 84.36 78.04 81.32 95.48 102.80 102.08 109.42
Average Inventory
223.02 242.31 264.37 273.94 280.22 302.11 355.30 419.09 465.86 460.87
Average Assets
2,390.51 2,917.56 3,417.78 3,468.73 3,595.55 3,732.81 3,805.67 4,536.07 5,626.37 5,959.32
Average Common Equity
755.81 1,003.55 1,303.12 1,515.89 1,670.02 1,959.06 2,226.75 2,446.22 2,765.13 2,987.88

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