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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
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Nordson Corporation (NDSN) Return on assets
Nordson Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 9.29%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.13%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.94% (fiscal 2020) to 13.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 4.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.13% | (0.18) |
| FY2024 | 8.31% | (2.44) |
| FY2023 | 10.8% | (2.73) |
| FY2022 | 13.5% | 1.31 |
| FY2021 | 12.2% | 5.23 |
| FY2020 | 6.94% | (2.78) |
| FY2019 | 9.72% | (1.32) |
| FY2018 | 11.0% | 0.90 |
| FY2017 | 10.1% | (1.23) |
| FY2016 | 11.4% | 2.27 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare | 15.4% |
| CR Crane Company compare | 10.5% |
| NDSN Nordson Corporation | 9.29% |
| DOV Dover Corporation compare | 8.61% |
| IEX IDEX Corporation compare | 7.74% |
| XYL Xylem Inc. compare | 6.25% |
| RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare | 1.69% |
| SYM Symbotic Inc. compare | 0.31% |
| ITT ITT Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 4.51% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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