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) 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 4.63% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.30%.

Return on assets, annual

Annual

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

Low 6.94% High 13.5%
Ten-year median 10.1%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
GGG Graco Inc. compare 17.3%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 14.0%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 13.7%
NDSN Nordson Corporation 9.29%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 8.45%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 7.53%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 5.90%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 5.25%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.31%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 4.63%
Industrials sector median 1.30%
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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