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Nordson Corporation NDSN

Industrials  —  Specialty Industrial Machinery
325.77 2.51 0.78% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$18.0B
P/E
32.8×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Aristocrat Revenue Champion (5y)
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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 5.37% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

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

Low 8.19% High 15.2%
Ten-year median 11.3%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 69.4%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 19.7%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 16.4%
NDSN Nordson Corporation 10.2%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 9.64%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 8.84%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 6.84%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 5.35%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.37%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
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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