Nordson Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Nordson ratio analysis
Nordson earned a net margin of 17.4% in FY 2025, down from 17.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 55.2% compared with a median of 54.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 15.9%, meaning Nordson generated 0.16 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.66 versus 0.75 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.64. At the end of FY 2025, NDSN traded at 27.3 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 20.0 to 45.3, with a median of 26.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Nordson financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 27.26 | 30.71 | 26.19 | 24.98 | 32.84 | 45.30 | 27.64 | 20.00 | 24.95 | 20.39 |
| Price / sales | 4.70 | 5.29 | 4.81 | 4.90 | 6.25 | 5.27 | 4.19 | 3.29 | 3.53 | 3.04 |
| Price / book | 4.31 | 4.86 | 4.87 | 5.53 | 6.84 | 6.35 | 5.82 | 5.11 | 6.31 | 6.46 |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 55.2% | 54.2% | 55.1% | 56.1% | 53.3% | 54.3% | 54.8% | 55.1% | 54.9% |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 25.1% | 25.6% | 27.1% | 26.0% | 16.5% | 22.0% | 22.3% | 22.6% | 21.5% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 17.4% | 18.5% | 19.8% | 19.2% | 11.8% | 15.4% | 16.7% | 14.3% | 15.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 23.7% | 18.3% | 23.1% | 17.8% | 21.5% | 21.3% | 14.5% | 18.4% | 13.8% | 15.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 15.9% | 15.9% | 18.8% | 22.4% | 21.0% | 14.2% | 21.3% | 26.0% | 25.6% | 31.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.2% | 7.8% | 9.3% | 13.4% | 12.0% | 6.8% | 9.6% | 11.0% | 8.7% | 11.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 1.37 | 1.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 2.41 | 2.11 | 1.36 | 2.62 | 2.81 | 2.12 | 2.52 | 1.37 | 2.25 |
| Revenue growth | 3.8% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 9.7% | 11.4% | -3.3% | -2.7% | 9.1% | 14.3% | 7.1% |
| EPS growth | 4.9% | -4.1% | -4.0% | 13.8% | 81.3% | -26.3% | -9.5% | 26.0% | 7.4% | 37.1% |