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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 invested capital
Nordson Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 10.2%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.01%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.19% (fiscal 2020) to 15.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.01% | 0.64 |
| FY2024 | 8.37% | (1.57) |
| FY2023 | 9.94% | (5.30) |
| FY2022 | 15.2% | 0.95 |
| FY2021 | 14.3% | 6.10 |
| FY2020 | 8.19% | (3.06) |
| FY2019 | 11.3% | (0.48) |
| FY2018 | 11.7% | 0.76 |
| FY2017 | 11.0% | (2.71) |
| FY2016 | 13.7% | 2.23 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare | 18.7% |
| CR Crane Company compare | 10.6% |
| NDSN Nordson Corporation | 10.2% |
| DOV Dover Corporation compare | 9.93% |
| IEX IDEX Corporation compare | 9.24% |
| XYL Xylem Inc. compare | 6.88% |
| RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare | 3.53% |
| ITT ITT Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| SYM Symbotic Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 5.00% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.86% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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