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Nordson NDSN Ratios & Valuation

Q2 '26Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25
Profitability
Gross margin55.1%+0.3pp55.2%0.0pp55.2%-0.1pp54.6%-0.5pp54.8%-0.2pp
Operating margin26.4%+2.1pp25.9%+1.4pp25.5%+0.4pp24.3%-1.2pp24.2%-1.6pp
Net margin18.2%+1.7pp18.4%+1.5pp17.4%0.0pp16.3%-1.4pp16.5%-1.7pp
EBITDA margin30.8%+2.0pp30.5%+1.5pp30.2%+0.8pp28.9%-0.9pp28.8%-1.0pp
Free cash flow margin24.6%+7.6pp22.7%+5.3pp23.7%+5.4pp19.5%-1.8pp17%-5.9pp
Returns
Return on equity17.1%+1.6pp17.5%+1.3pp16.2%-0.7pp15.6%-1.8pp15.5%-2.8pp
Return on assets8.8%+0.8pp8.8%+0.7pp8.1%-0.2pp8.1%-1.9pp8%-2.4pp
Return on invested capital12.2%+1.0pp11.8%+0.6pp11.4%0.0pp11.7%-2.3pp11.2%-2.8pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.1×0.5×-0.1×
Inventory turnover2.8×+0.1×2.8×+0.2×2.7×+0.1×2.8×+0.1×2.7×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.6×0.0×2.7×+0.2×1.6×-0.8×1.7×-0.7×2.6×+0.3×
Quick ratio1.6×0.0×1.7×+0.2×1.1×-0.5×1.1×-0.4×1.6×+0.3×
Cash ratio0.2×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.1×-0.1×0.2×-0.1×0.3×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.6×-0.2×0.7×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.7×+0.2×0.8×+0.2×
Debt-to-assets0.3×-0.1×0.3×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA2.1×-0.7×2.3×-0.5×2.4×-0.4×2.6×+0.8×2.8×+0.9×
Interest coverage+1.4×7.3×+0.3×6.8×-0.7×6.3×-1.5×6.5×-2.0×
Per Share
Book value per share$57.08+10.0%$55.45+10.8%$53.47+5.1%$52.56+6.1%$51.90+7.4%
Valuation
Market capitalization$16.09B+49.2%$15.29B+21.6%$13.03B-8.1%$12.1B-15.5%$10.78B-26.8%
Enterprise value$17.96B+38.4%$17.26B+17.1%$15.02B-8.4%$14.18B-10.1%$12.98B-20.2%
Price / earnings30.5×+6.3×29.2×+1.4×26.9×-3.5×26.6×-3.7×24.1×-6.3×
Price / sales5.5×+1.6×5.4×+0.7×4.7×-0.6×4.3×-1.0×-1.6×
Price / book+1.4×4.9×+0.5×4.3×-0.6×4.1×-1.0×3.6×-1.6×
EV / EBITDA20.1×+3.4×19.9×+0.9×17.8×-3.0×17.6×-2.3×16.7×-3.9×
EV / sales6.2×+1.4×6.1×+0.5×5.4×-0.7×5.1×-0.8×4.8×-1.3×
Free cash flow yield4.4%+0.2pp4.2%+0.5pp5.1%+1.6pp4.5%+0.5pp4.3%+0.1pp
Earnings yield3.3%-0.9pp3.4%-0.2pp3.7%+0.4pp3.8%+0.5pp4.1%+0.9pp
Dividend yield1.1%-0.5pp1.2%-0.2pp1.4%+0.2pp1.5%+0.4pp1.6%+0.6pp
PEG ratio1.7×1.9×7.3×

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Questions, answered.

What are Nordson's profit margins?
Nordson (NDSN) runs a 55.1% gross margin and a 26.4% operating margin, with a 18.2% net margin.
Where do Nordson's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Nordson's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.