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) Gross margin

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 35.9% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

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

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
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 53.3% High 56.1%
Ten-year median 54.9%
Current reading's percentile 82

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
NDSN Nordson Corporation 55.3%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 52.6%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 48.9%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 44.7%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 39.6%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 39.2%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 35.0%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 30.2%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 21.3%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 35.9%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.3%

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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