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Nordson Corporation

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Price overview

$325.77

▲ +2.51 (+0.8%)

52w hi$333.70
52w lo$218.80
Vol271.70K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.12

Short+0.18
Medium+0.08
Long+0.05

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Nordson Corporation

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Market cap$18.15B
Enterprise value$19.85B
Trailing P/E33.01x
Forward P/E25.09x
EV / EBITDA20.72x
P / S (ttm)6.09x
Profit margin18.6%
Return on equity17.8%
Revenue growth+10.3%
Earnings growth+23.0%
Debt / equity55.62

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.24
Sector-0.01
Technical+0.10
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

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.

United States · www.nordson.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.02
Corr SPX0.64
Annual vol25.8%
Annual ret+15.4%
Sharpe0.60
Max DD-36.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$310.50
High / Low$335.00 / $240.00
Median$325.00
Analysts8
Strong Buy0
Buy5
Hold4
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-02-24Oppenheimer→ Outperform
2026-02-23DA Davidson→ Buy
2026-02-20Baird→ Neutral
2026-02-19Keybanc→ Overweight
2026-02-19DA Davidson→ Buy
2025-12-12DA Davidson→ Buy

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-06-03Material Obligationread
2026-05-20Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-04Shareholder Voteread
2026-02-18Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-02-02Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2025-12-10Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-28Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-08-20Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-07-14Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-05-28Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-04-29Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-03-10Shareholder Vote, Other Material Eventread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-07-31MAPES CHRISTOPHER LGrant42$12.51K
2026-07-31DeFord John AGrant84$25.01K
2026-07-31Rutledge Joseph MVP, CAOWithheld for tax274$81.59K
2026-06-01Hopgood Daniel RoyEVP, CFOWithheld for tax148$41.63K
2026-04-30DeFord John AGrant87$25.10K
2026-04-30MAPES CHRISTOPHER LGrant43$12.40K
2026-04-17Subramanian SrinivasExecutive Vice PresidentSell1.90K$532.00K
2026-04-17Subramanian SrinivasExecutive Vice PresidentOption exercise1.90K$204.53K
2026-04-17Subramanian SrinivasExecutive Vice PresidentSell1.20K$336.00K
2026-04-16DeVries James EExecutive Vice PresidentWithheld for tax71$19.54K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$935.10K
Insider buys / sells0 / 3
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders8
Top-5 share98.5%
HHI4,224 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$899.87M2.98M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$253.54M840.39K
AQR Capital Management$98.01M325.11K
Capital Research / Capital World$95.77M317.45K
Millennium Management$91.68M303.89K
Citadel Advisors$21.88M72.53K
Bridgewater Associates$234.11K776
T. Rowe Price Group$23.38K77.48K

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.50%
$ / share (TTM)$1.64
5y CAGR+20.9%

Annual dividend per share

2021$1.80
2022$2.32
2023$2.66
2024$2.14
2025$3.98
2026$0.82

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-06-2911-Kview
2026-06-2911-Kview
2026-06-038-Kview
2026-06-024view
2026-05-2110-Qview
2026-05-208-Kview
2026-05-084view
2026-05-044view
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2026-04-204view
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2026-04-164view

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.79B+6.2%
Gross profit$263.19M+6.1%
Operating income$711.73M+7.7%
Net income$484.47M+5.7%
Cash from ops$556.19M+15.5%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$325.12$326.70$323.06$325.77271.70K
Sep 24$320.20$324.99$319.21$323.26333.60K
Sep 23$318.40$322.67$316.38$321.42373.50K
Sep 22$315.27$320.27$314.36$319.67257.70K
Sep 21$313.18$315.99$310.50$314.35310.60K

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