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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.

322.31 6.49 −1.97%
Market cap
$18.3B
P/E
32.5×
Fwd P/E
27.9×
Dividend yield
1.05%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.80
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
89/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 25.68
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 — — 3 — 3 — — — 2 2 1
Insider Ownership 5.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 18,310.00
Revenue 2,979.80
Net Income 555.18
Free Cash Flow 725.12
Net Debt 1,626.33
Current Ratio 1.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.53
P/E ratio 32.46
Fwd P/E 27.90
P/S ratio 6.03
P/B ratio 5.49
Past 5Y EPS Growth 14.79%
This Y EPS Growth 16.59% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 8.63%
Next Y revenue growth 9.50%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.19%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 6.6×, against a ten-year median of 5.2×; over the ten years it ranged from 2.8× in 2016 to 6.7× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 85.92%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 96.35%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 41.43%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 97.86%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 47.14%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.34
Annual Dividend Rate 3.40
Annual Dividend Yield 1.05%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.54
0.82
0.82
0.94
2025 3.15
0.78
0.78
0.78
0.82
0.82
2024 2.14
0.68
0.68
0.78
2023 2.66
0.65
0.65
0.68
0.68
2022 2.32
0.51
0.51
0.65
0.65
2021 1.80
0.39
0.39
0.51
0.51
2020 1.54
0.38
0.38
0.39
0.39
2019 1.46
0.35
0.35
0.38
0.38
2018 1.30
0.30
0.30
0.35
0.35
2017 1.14
0.27
0.27
0.30
0.30
2016 1.02
0.24
0.24
0.27
0.27
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 116 116 108 113
Receivables 591 595 588 649
Inventory 455 477 445 469
Other — 87 102 96
1,229 1,275 1,243 1,328
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 106 98 121 155
ST’ Debt 116 104 315 202
Other — — — —
582 528 758 728

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.16% 5.65% 2.53%
Cash Flow 10.63% 7.44% 11.91%
Earnings 8.66% 14.19% (1.90%)
Book Value 16.52% 11.59% 9.88%

Revenue $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 669 741 818 — —
’25 615 683 742 752 2,792
’24 633 651 662 744 2,690
’23 610 650 649 719 2,629
’22 609 635 662 684 2,590
’21 527 590 647 599 2,362
’20 495 529 538 559 2,121
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 140 181 249 — —
’25 159 119 238 203 719
’24 172 123 165 96 556
’23 123 165 190 163 641
’22 118 96 125 173 513
’21 143 104 128 170 546
’20 116 102 92 192 502
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 124 170 237 — —
’25 138 103 226 194 661
’24 165 108 143 76 492
’23 114 159 181 153 607
’22 106 84 111 161 462
’21 135 94 118 160 508
’20 102 90 82 179 453
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 2.38 2.09 2.73 — —
’25 1.65 1.97 2.22 2.69 8.51
’24 1.90 2.05 2.04 2.12 8.11
’23 1.81 2.21 2.22 2.22 8.46
’22 2.05 1.88 2.45 2.44 8.81
’21 1.32 2.12 2.42 1.88 7.74
’20 0.89 1.58 1.49 0.31 4.27
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to October

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 51.89 107.16 110.16 111.85 96.46 178.61 194.89 202.57 206.80 165.03

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 115.69 150.48 151.84 168.98 216.87 272.28 256.14 265.99 279.38 251.47
People
People Employees 6,127 7,532 7,536 7,579 7,555 6,813 7,331 7,900 8,000 8,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.30 0.27 0.30 0.29 0.28 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.34 0.35
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,809 2,067 2,255 2,194 2,121 2,362 2,590 2,629 2,690 2,792
Gross margin, % 54.92 55.12 54.83 54.33 53.30 56.05 55.07 54.23 55.25 55.16
EBT 368 420 449 431 301 574 649 615 585 598
EBT margin, % 20.37 20.33 19.89 19.65 14.21 24.31 25.07 23.41 21.77 21.41
Net income 272 296 377 337 250 454 513 487 467 484
Depreciation 70 91 108 110 113 104 100 112 136 151
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 31.70 35.93 38.89 38.19 36.72 40.66 44.95 46.04 47.05 49.32
Earnings 4.76 5.14 6.51 5.87 4.32 7.82 8.90 8.54 8.17 8.56
Cash flow 5.86 6.20 8.71 6.66 8.70 9.40 8.90 11.23 9.73 12.70
Capex (1.04) (1.17) (1.54) (1.10) (0.86) (0.66) (0.89) (0.60) (1.13) (1.02)
Free cash flow 4.82 5.03 7.16 5.57 7.84 8.74 8.02 10.63 8.60 11.68
Book value 14.92 20.08 25.03 27.51 30.46 37.17 39.81 45.51 51.28 53.77
Shares, m 57 58 58 57 58 58 58 57 57 57
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.99 24.70 18.86 26.71 45.50 33.04 25.25 24.92 30.30 27.07
P/S 3.16 3.53 3.15 4.11 5.36 6.36 5.01 4.62 5.27 4.70
P/B 6.71 6.31 4.90 5.70 6.47 6.96 5.65 4.67 4.83 4.31
EV/Sales 3.67 4.25 3.70 4.61 5.79 6.59 5.23 5.24 6.05 5.38
EV/FCF 24.13 30.40 20.08 31.61 27.14 30.65 29.33 22.69 33.09 22.72
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 335 357 505 383 502 546 513 641 556 719
Capex (60) (68) (89) (63) (50) (38) (51) (34) (64) (58)
Free cash flow 275 289 415 320 453 508 462 607 492 661
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 414 241 534 534 658 719 299 647 747 485
Total debt 991 1,593 1,323 1,254 1,116 831 749 1,749 2,217 2,005
Net debt 923 1,502 1,227 1,102 908 531 586 1,633 2,101 1,896
Shareholders’ equity 852 1,155 1,451 1,581 1,759 2,159 2,294 2,598 2,932 3,044
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.37 10.14 11.04 9.72 6.94 12.17 13.48 10.75 8.31 8.13
ROIC 13.68 10.97 11.73 11.25 8.19 14.29 15.24 9.94 8.37 9.01
ROE 35.97 29.48 28.96 22.24 14.94 23.19 23.04 19.93 16.90 16.21
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Oct 2025 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Nordson Corporation vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation $26.8B 18.2× 17.1× +7.34% (above 0%: growing) +12.00% (above 0%: growing) +4.69% (above 0%: growing) 29.44% 14.90% Compare
DOV Dover Corporation $26.1B 23.4× 23.7× +6.85% (above 0%: growing) +14.29% (above 0%: growing) +22.65% (above 0%: growing) 40.21% 17.89% Compare
XYL Xylem Inc. $24.1B 24.8× 24.1× +1.52% (above 0%: growing) +19.35% (above 0%: growing) +1.93% (above 0%: growing) 41.22% 16.70% Compare
SYM Symbotic Inc. $24.1B 388× 193× +21.74% (above 0%: growing) n/m +22.12% (above 0%: growing) 22.32% 4.56% Compare
NDSN Nordson Corporation $18.3B 32.5× 27.9× +10.27% (above 0%: growing) +22.87% (above 0%: growing) +4.57% (above 0%: growing) 55.49% 27.28%
ITT ITT Inc. $18.0B 38.7× 33.5× +51.49% (above 0%: growing) −37.91% (below 0%: shrinking) +18.06% (above 0%: growing) 34.63% 12.24% Compare
IEX IDEX Corporation $17.4B 33.8× 30.5× +6.38% (above 0%: growing) +11.49% (above 0%: growing) +20.49% (above 0%: growing) 46.36% 21.71% Compare
GGG Graco Inc. $13.2B 25.3× 23.6× +3.28% (above 0%: growing) +15.58% (above 0%: growing) −1.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 53.67% 29.65% Compare
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $11.9B 31.1× 26.5× +18.56% (above 0%: growing) +17.28% (above 0%: growing) +53.95% (above 0%: growing) 49.02% 20.18% Compare
Median of peers $21.0B 28.2× 25.3× +7.10% +14.29% +19.28% 40.72% 17.30%

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NDSN metrics, ten years each

Nordson Corporation (NDSN) key facts

  • Strength: Nordson Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 3.78% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $484.5 million, or $8.56 per share (basic), a net margin of 17.4%.
  • Nordson Corporation (NDSN) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NDSN traded at $322.31, a market capitalization of $18.3 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 32.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 6.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 86% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Nordson Corporation pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share, a yield of 1.05%, with a payout ratio of 34.4%.
  • Return on equity was 16.2% and debt-to-equity 0.53.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.80 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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