Nordson Corporation

NDSN

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Price

$288.98

-4.38 (-1.49%)

Market Cap

$16.10B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−3.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 58.7M (2021) → 56.9M (2025)

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Precision Solutions (IPS) and Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS). The IPS segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems used

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+44.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$68M/ year

→ Flat (+5% vs prior year)

2.4% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

5.8%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$120M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Nordson Corporation is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

54.7%

Healthy — 54.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

24.9%

Excellent — 24.9% operating margin

ROCE

3.2%

Weak — 3.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+6.5%

Slow sales growth (6.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

+17.3%

Earnings growing fast (17.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

134%

Turns 134% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

22.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (22.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.67

Moderate — manageable debt (0.67)

Interest Cover

6.18x

Adequate interest coverage (6.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

31.1x

Pricey — P/E 31.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+5.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.1 → 26.0)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.09%

Small dividend — 1.09% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+5.1%

Dividend growing modestly (5.1% YoY)

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