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.
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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 4.60% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.21%.
Return on assets, annual
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| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4.60% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.21% |
| 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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