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Company Profile: Nordson Corporation (NDSN)

NDSN insider trades (13 months) →

$331.06 +1.06% vs. previous close · Market cap $18.44B

Today's multi-factor rank: 59 of 461 · see the ranking

Momentum
7.9/10
Value
4.2/10
Growth
4.9/10
Quality
5.4/10
Multifactor
5.6/10

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

Prev Close Price:$327.58
Open:$328.90
Day's Low:$326.89
Day's High:$334.35
Bid / Ask:-
Market Cap:18.44B
Enterprise Value:19.95B

52-Week Range

52-Week Low:$223.29
52-Week High:$339.12
Current position in 52-week range
52w Low-52w High
50-Day Avg:$323.37
200-Day Avg:$295.34

Volume

Volume Today:387,899
Avg Volume (3m):380,046
Avg Volume (10d):357,710
52-Week Change:+42.23%
vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-
Beta:0.99

Valuation Multiples

P/E (trailing):33.51

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 31, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 20, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

P/E (forward):25.50
PEG Ratio:1.87
Price / Book:5.64
Price / Sales (TTM):6.19
EV / Revenue:6.70
EV / EBITDA:20.83

Dividends

Current yield:1.15%
Annual Dividend Rate:$3.76
Dividend Trailing:$3.28
Yield Trailing:1.00%
5-Year Avg Yield:1.08%
Payout Ratio:33.20%
Last Ex-Dividend Date:-

Valuation Context

P/E vs sector (indicative)

Most Recent Quarter:-
Fiscal Year (Next):-

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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Total Revenue (TTM):2.98B
Gross Profit:1.65B
EBITDA:957.89M
Net Income (TTM):555.18M
Rev Growth (YoY):+10.30%
Earnings Growth (YoY):+23.00%
Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):+21.50%

Margins

Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Operating Margin:-
Net Margin:-

Per Share

EPS Trailing (TTM):$9.88

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 31, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 20, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$12.98
Revenue Per Share:$53.36
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$58.69
Last Dividend:-
Ex-Dividend Date:-
Last Split:-

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total cash:113.92M
Total Debt:1.82B
Net Debt (Debt - Cash):1.70B
Debt / Equity:55.62%
Current Ratio:1.82
Quick Ratio:1.05

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow:773.38M
Free Cash Flow (FCF):613.81M
FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-
Enterprise Value:19.95B
EV / Revenue:6.70
EV / EBITDA:20.83

Profitability

ROE (Return on Equity):17.76%
ROA (Return on Assets):8.47%
P/E (trailing):33.51
P/E (forward):25.50
Price / Book:5.64
PEG Ratio:1.87
52-Week Change:+42.23%
S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

EPS Trailing (TTM):$9.88

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 31, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 20, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$12.98
P/E (forward):25.50
PEG Ratio:1.87

Growth and Margins

Earnings Growth YoY:-
Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-
Rev Growth YoY:-
Net Margin:-
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-

Per Share

Revenue Per Share:$53.36
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$58.69

Cash Flows (TTM)

Free Cash Flow:613.81M
Operating Cash Flow:773.38M
EBITDA:957.89M
Total Revenue (TTM):2.98B
Net Income (TTM):555.18M
Fiscal Year (Last):-

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed

Quarter Period Actual EPS Estimated EPS Difference Surprise % Currency

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

% Insiders:-
% Institutional:-
% Inst. (of Float):-
No. of Institutions:-
Visual distribution
InsidersInstitutionalFree Float

Shares & Short Interest

Shares Outstanding:55,699,366
Float (free shares):52,479,943
Short interest (shares):1,340,856
Short % of float:-
Short Ratio (days to cover):3.62
Short interest, prior month:-
Short Interest Date:-

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Overall risk:-
Audit Risk:-
Board risk:-
Compensation Risk:-
Shareholder rights risk:-

Top Institutional Holders

Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged

Organization Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Top Mutual Funds

Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged

Fund Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Recent Insider Trades

Executive / Insider Title Date Action Shares

Options Chain

CALLS

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PUTS

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Nordson Corporation (NDSN) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.

Type Date Official link
8-K2026-10-23View filing ↗
10-Q2026-08-20View filing ↗
8-K2026-08-19View filing ↗
11-K2026-06-29View filing ↗
8-K2026-06-03View filing ↗
SD2026-05-28View filing ↗
10-Q2026-05-21View filing ↗
8-K2026-05-20View filing ↗
8-K2026-03-04View filing ↗
10-Q2026-02-19View filing ↗

Company and Executive Profile

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, medical components, and other fluids. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems; components and systems for thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; smart components that measure and control the flow, quantity and location of dispensed fluid; control systems; and product assembly solutions. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers precision manual and semi-automated dispensers, plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components; interventional solutions for engineered shafts and interventional delivery systems, medical tubing, balloons, balloon inflators, nitinol devices, cardiovascular cannula, and biomaterial delivery; medical fluid components; and microplegia myocardial protection devices and related consumables. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for high-speed, precise application of various attachment, protection, and coating fluids, and related gas plasma treatment systems; destructive and non-destructive testing technologies, such as bond testers and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems used in the semiconductor and printed circuit board industries; and precision measurement and control technologies. The company markets its products through direct sales force, distributors, and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

General Information

Headquarters:United States
City:Westlake
Employees:8,200
Sector:Industrials
Industry:Specialty Industrial Machinery
Website:-

Key Executives

NameTitleAgeTotal pay
Mr. Sundaram NagarajanPresident, CEO & Director622.44M
Mr. Daniel R. HopgoodExecutive VP & CFO521.01M
Ms. Jennifer L. McDonough J.D.Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary53850,843
Mr. Joseph P. KelleyExecutive VP of Industrial Precision Solutions Leader521.02M
Mr. Joseph M. RutledgeVP & Chief Accounting Officer45-
Ms. Lara L. MahoneyVice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications--
Katie ColacarroVice President of Corporate Development--
Ms. Sarah SiddiquiExecutive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer47-

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Nordson Corporation (NDSN): Quantitative Analysis

Nordson Corporation (NDSN) — Industrials — Specialty Industrial Machinery. NDSN is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, NDSN has returned +38.8% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.

NDSN ranks 59 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 4 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. Its strongest factor is momentum (Z 1.71, ranked 27 of 494); its weakest is value (Z -0.51, ranked 376 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor0.34259 of 461 ↑5
Momentum1.71327 of 494 =
Value-0.505376 of 489
Quality0.230131 of 468 ↓1
Growth-0.071200 of 489

Market data

MetricValue
Price$331.06
Market Cap18.44B
P/E33.51
Revenue (last 12 months)2.98B
Price / book5.64
Book value per share$58.69
52-week range$223.29 – $339.12
Dividend yield1.15%
Beta0.99
Average volume380,046
Shares outstanding55.70M
Short interest (% of float)2.71% (as of Oct 15, 2026)

When does NDSN report earnings? 12 of its last 12, after the close →

What are NDSN insiders doing? 83 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 15 sells, the last one on Oct 14, 2026 →

NDSN latest SEC filings

Filing dates on EDGAR, the SEC's public registry. All NDSN filings on EDGAR.

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Frequently asked questions about Nordson (NDSN)

When does Nordson report earnings?

Nordson has no announced date in the Nasdaq public calendar checked (Nov 3, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026). Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 12 after the close (SEC filings through Aug 19, 2026). NDSN earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →

What is Nordson's P/E ratio?

Nordson's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 33.5 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Jul 31, 2026. The median of the 74 Industrials companies with a P/E is 26.4, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: Nordson is above its sector median. Industrials stocks, company by company →

Where does Nordson rank on Quant500?

In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, Nordson ranks 59 of 461, and 4 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking → How it is calculated →

Have Nordson insiders bought or sold shares?

SEC Form 4 shows no open-market purchase of Nordson shares from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026. The latest sale was on Oct 14, 2026, by a director, for $83k. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 0 purchases and 15 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All NDSN insider trades →

Does Nordson pay a dividend?

Yes. Its dividend yield is 1.15% at the Nov 3, 2026 close (annual dividend of $3.76 per share). The latest recorded ex-dividend date is Sep 10, 2026.

What sector is Nordson in, and which index?

Nordson is classified in the Industrials sector (industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 76 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Industrials stocks →

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