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) Net margin

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Nordson Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 18.6%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.8% (fiscal 2020) to 19.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 7.80% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.22%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 17.4% (0.02)
FY2024 17.4% (1.18)
FY2023 18.6% (1.26)
FY2022 19.8% 0.58
FY2021 19.2% 7.47
FY2020 11.8% (3.60)
FY2019 15.4% (1.38)
FY2018 16.7% 2.43
FY2017 14.3% (0.72)
FY2016 15.0% 2.53

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 18.7% 2.85
Apr 2026 15.8% (4.08)
Jan 2026 19.9% (0.25)
Oct 2025 20.2% 3.21
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Against its own ten years

Low 11.8% High 19.8%
Ten-year median 16.7%
Current reading's percentile 81

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
GGG Graco Inc. compare 23.5%
NDSN Nordson Corporation 18.6%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 14.5%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 14.3%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 13.5%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 11.2%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 10.2%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 8.90%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.31%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 7.80%
Industrials sector median 2.22%
Market median 0.45%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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