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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Nordson Corporation (NDSN) trades at a price to free cash flow of 24.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.3× (February 2016) to 31.5× (January 2020); the current reading is higher than 60% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 23.3× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 19.9× (31.11%)
FY2024 28.8× 44.07%
FY2023 20.0× (28.74%)
FY2022 28.1× (5.18%)
FY2021 29.6× 17.78%
FY2020 25.1× (10.76%)
FY2019 28.2× 64.48%
FY2018 17.1× (32.06%)
FY2017 25.2× 21.35%
FY2016 20.8× (4.67%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jul 2026 22.9× 1.61%
Apr 2026 22.5× (5.63%)
Jan 2026 23.9× 20.21%
Oct 2025 19.9× (10.79%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 14.3× High 31.5×
Ten-year median 23.8×
Current reading's percentile 60

Price to free cash flow against peers

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SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 6.2×
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 15.7×
GGG Graco Inc. compare 21.3×
DOV Dover Corporation compare 22.4×
NDSN Nordson Corporation 24.8×
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 25.0×
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 27.2×
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 34.5×
ITT ITT Inc. compare 34.7×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 23.3×
Industrials sector median 20.1×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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