NDSN · NasdaqGS
Nordson Corporation
Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States
- Market cap (USD)
- US$18.78B
- Trailing P/E
- 34.13x
- Forward P/E
- 25.97x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 10.3%
- Trailing net margin
- 18.6%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 1.1%
Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-07-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Company background
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.
Company websiteQ3 FY2026
Go beyond the headline.
NDSN Stock Q3 FY2026: Nordson Earnings - One Segment Did All The Growth
Published 2026-08-22
Comparable businesses
NDSN peer comparison
Same business group first, then company size. Preferred market cap: 0.5–2x; extended range: one-third–3x. Outside that range, industry benchmarks are labeled separately and excluded from peer medians.
No suitable peers with fresh, comparable size data are available. We have not substituted unrelated companies.
| Metric | NDSNNordson CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$18.78B |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 25.97x |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 21.23x |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 10.3% |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 27.4% |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 3.3% |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 1.78x |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.56x |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 34.13x |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 5.74x |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 6.82x |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 23.0% |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 55.4% |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 18.6% |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 17.8% |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 20.6% |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 1.1% |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 33.2% |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 1.82x |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.99 |
Comparison methodology & limitations
Reviewed operating groups override broad sector classifications. Other companies are matched only within a sufficiently specific provider industry. Business mix, geography and accounting standards can still differ. Market caps are converted to USD using exchange rates captured during the snapshot refresh. Financial ratios that would mix currencies are omitted. Snapshots must be at most 14 days old and no more than seven days apart for automatic selection.
Peer medians require at least two valid similar-size peers for each metric. Negative earnings, nonpositive equity, missing data and irrelevant bank ratios are not presented as attractive valuations. A higher or lower number is not automatically a better investment. Financial statement periods are not calendar-aligned across companies.
Reported performance
Financial trends
Periods are grouped by their ending calendar year or quarter, not identical fiscal calendars. Exact period-end dates appear in tooltips and reported figures. When reporting currencies differ and a recent captured FX rate is available, money and EPS are normalized to USD for comparison. This is not a historical FX restatement. Gaps are not estimated.
Financial statements load separately from the research page.
Source: . Window ends at the latest available reporting period.
Revenue
Reported figures
Financial data & calculation notes
Standalone charts use the stated reporting currency. When a chart comparison spans currencies, money and EPS can be normalized to USD using a recent captured FX snapshot; this is for comparison only, not a historical FX restatement. Stock-based compensation is noncash. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital spending, which may include capitalized software. Missing metrics are not estimated or assumed to be zero. Banking and insurance ratios require industry-specific interpretation. Latest restatements may differ from figures in older episodes.
Market context
Valuation & price history
Adjusted closing price
Price history loads separately.
Price figures
Earnings-multiple scenario
Illustrative price = your earnings-per-share assumption × your P/E assumption. This is not a price target or a complete valuation model.
Starting assumptions, when available, use provider forward estimates as of 2026-10-06. Negative earnings require a different valuation method. This calculation omits balance-sheet, dilution and execution risks.
THE RESEARCH RECORD
Research history for NDSN
Q3 FY20262026-08-22
NDSN Stock Q3 FY2026: Nordson Earnings - One Segment Did All The Growth
Presentation · 2026-08-22 · YouTube