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) P/B ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Nordson Corporation (NDSN) trades at a P/B ratio of 5.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.3× (April 2025) to 8.1× (March 2017); the current reading is higher than 44% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 3.0× and above the Industrials sector median of 2.4×.

P/B ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 4.3× (10.75%)
FY2024 4.8× 3.47%
FY2023 4.7× (17.34%)
FY2022 5.7× (18.82%)
FY2021 7.0× 7.62%
FY2020 6.5× 13.50%
FY2019 5.7× 16.27%
FY2018 4.9× (22.29%)
FY2017 6.3× (5.98%)
FY2016 6.7× 1.39%

Quarterly

Period P/B ratio Change
Jul 2026 5.1× 0.97%
Apr 2026 5.0× 1.25%
Jan 2026 5.0× 15.07%
Oct 2025 4.3× 6.40%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.3× High 8.1×
Ten-year median 5.7×
Current reading's percentile 44

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare n/m
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 2.3×
DOV Dover Corporation compare 3.4×
ITT ITT Inc. compare 3.8×
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 4.2×
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 4.9×
GGG Graco Inc. compare 5.1×
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 5.5×
NDSN Nordson Corporation 5.6×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 3.0×
Industrials sector median 2.4×
Market median 1.8×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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