Nordson Corporation NDSN

325.77 2.51 0.78% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$18.0B
P/E
32.8×
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Nordson Corporation (NDSN) Debt to equity

Nordson Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 0.5×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2022) to 1.7× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 0.3× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (12.91%)
FY2024 0.8× 12.35%
FY2023 0.7× 106.16%
FY2022 0.3× (15.15%)
FY2021 0.4× (39.37%)
FY2020 0.6× (19.95%)
FY2019 0.8× (13.05%)
FY2018 0.9× (33.84%)
FY2017 1.4× 18.50%
FY2016 1.2× (31.77%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 0.5× (10.07%)
Apr 2026 0.6× (8.18%)
Jan 2026 0.6× (2.14%)
Oct 2025 0.7× (7.81%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 1.7×
Ten-year median 0.8×
Current reading's percentile 36

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare −1.5×
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.0×
GGG Graco Inc. compare 0.0×
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 0.0×
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 0.3×
DOV Dover Corporation compare 0.4×
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 0.5×
NDSN Nordson Corporation 0.5×
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.8×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 0.3×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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