NDSNNordson Corporation
$309.92+35% 1Y
$309.92
$224.5752 weeks$334.61
The business
How NDSN's business earns
Nordson Corporation earns 13% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
13%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.0 points above the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 27%
Operating margin · Specialty Industrial Machinery median 15% · 12 months to Jul 31, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.17×
Cash conversion · 1.12× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −1.2%
Share count, year on year · fewer shares than a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 16% |
| FY2021 | 26% |
| FY2022 | 27% |
| FY2023 | 26% |
| FY2024 | 25% |
| FY2025 | 25% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Jul 31, 2026
- 55%
- Operating margin12 months to Jul 31, 2026
- 27%
- Net margin12 months to Jul 31, 2026
- 19%
- Free cash flow margin
- 24%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.98B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $724M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $555M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 13%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Specialty Industrial Machinery
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