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Nordson Corporation (NDSN) vs Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Nordson Corporation and Xylem Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Xylem Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $22.9B against $17.3B — 1.3× the size. Xylem Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.1× against 31.3×. Nordson Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.02% against 1.86%. Nordson Corporation has the higher net margin (18.6% vs 11.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.2% vs 6.88%). Both pay a dividend; Xylem Inc. yields more (1.69% vs 1.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Xylem Inc. leads on 12 and Nordson Corporation on 11.

Valuation

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 31.32 22.14 25.64
P/S 5.81 2.56 2.81
P/B 5.30 2.26 2.99
Price to free cash flow 23.89 24.84 23.82
EV/EBITDA 19.98 13.15 15.15
EV/Sales 6.36 2.81 2.77
Earnings yield 3.19% 4.52% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.19% 4.03% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 55.29% 39.79% 35.46%
Operating margin 26.88% 15.15% 10.04%
Net margin 18.63% 11.94% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 24.33% 10.32% 9.04%
Return on equity 17.76% 10.07% 10.73%
Return on assets 9.29% 6.25% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 10.23% 6.88% 5.00%

Growth

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.02% 1.86% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.93% 7.40% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 13.13% 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.19% 30.38% 6.58%

Health

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.53 0.28 0.33
Current ratio 1.82 1.39 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 2.20 0.26 1.32

Dividend

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.09% 1.69% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.38 0.31

Size

Metric NDSN XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 17.29b 22.94b 2.19b

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