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) Free cash flow margin

Nordson Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 24.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.9% (fiscal 2015) to 23.7% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 9.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.7% 5.40
FY2024 18.3% (4.79)
FY2023 23.1% 5.24
FY2022 17.8% (3.66)
FY2021 21.5% 0.16
FY2020 21.3% 6.76
FY2019 14.6% (3.84)
FY2018 18.4% 4.43
FY2017 14.0% (1.22)
FY2016 15.2% 3.34

Against its own ten years

Low 11.9% High 23.7%
Ten-year median 18.3%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 30.1%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 27.8%
NDSN Nordson Corporation 24.3%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 17.9%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 14.0%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 13.1%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 11.7%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 10.8%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 10.8%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 9.51%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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