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) Operating margin

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Nordson Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 26.9%, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.5% (fiscal 2020) to 27.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 10.0% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 25.5% 0.43
FY2024 25.1% (0.53)
FY2023 25.6% (1.53)
FY2022 27.1% 1.08
FY2021 26.0% 9.56
FY2020 16.5% (5.54)
FY2019 22.0% (0.27)
FY2018 22.3% (0.27)
FY2017 22.6% 1.09
FY2016 21.5% 2.65

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 27.3% 0.66
Apr 2026 26.6% 1.76
Jan 2026 24.9% (3.64)
Oct 2025 28.5% 3.18
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Against its own ten years

Low 16.5% High 27.1%
Ten-year median 22.6%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
NDSN Nordson Corporation 26.9%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 21.2%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 20.9%
CR Crane Company compare 17.7%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 17.1%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 15.2%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 9.98%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.00%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare −0.01%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 10.0%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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