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

Nordson Corporation (NDSN) Debt to equity

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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

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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

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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 0.1×

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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