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.

Revenue
+10.3%
EPS
+22.9%
Free cash flow
+4.57%
Total debt
−18.3%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

310.96 19.74 −5.97%
Market cap
$17.3B
P/E
31.3×
Fwd P/E
31.5×
Dividend yield
1.09%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.80
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
89/100

Nordson Corporation (NDSN) Gross margin

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Nordson Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 55.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (55.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 53.3% (fiscal 2020) to 56.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 35.5% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 55.2% (0.09)
FY2024 55.3% 1.02
FY2023 54.2% (0.84)
FY2022 55.1% (0.98)
FY2021 56.1% 2.75
FY2020 53.3% (1.03)
FY2019 54.3% (0.50)
FY2018 54.8% (0.29)
FY2017 55.1% 0.20
FY2016 54.9% 0.80

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 55.5% 0.95
Apr 2026 54.5% (0.15)
Jan 2026 54.7% (1.64)
Oct 2025 56.3% 1.51
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Against its own ten years

Low 53.3% High 56.1%
Ten-year median 54.9%
Current reading's percentile 86

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
NDSN Nordson Corporation 55.3%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 50.5%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 44.9%
CR Crane Company compare 41.5%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 39.8%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 39.7%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 37.8%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 21.3%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 35.5%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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