NDSN

NORDSON CORP

Ticker: NDSNIndustrialsIndustrial MachineryS&P 500
HQ WESTLAKE, OHCIK 72331FY end 10-31Book / share $58.29Shares 56M
Revenue (FY)
$2.79B+3.78%
TTM $2.98B
Op. margin
25.49%+0.44%
TTM 26.88%
Net income
$484.47M+3.68%
TTM $555.18M
Operating cash
$719.17M+29.30%
TTM $773.38M
Free cash flow
$661.12M+34.43%
TTM $724.01M
Return on equity
15.92%-0.02%
TTM 16.98%
Debt / equity
0.66-0.10%
TTM 0.54
Shares outstanding
56.9M-1.21%
TTM 56.1M

The business

Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN) is an innovative precision technology company headquartered in Westlake, Ohio and operates at https://investors.nordson.com. The company engineers, manufactures, and markets differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing, applying, and controlling of adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids, as well as equipment for testing, inspecting, and treating surfaces. Nordson also produces medical components and device solutions including catheters, cannulas, medical balloons, and medical tubing.

The company operates through three reportable segments. Industrial Precision Solutions delivers dispensing and material processing technology across consumer durables, non-durables, industrial, agriculture, and automotive markets, with product lines including industrial coatings, nonwovens, packaging, polymer processing, precision agriculture, and product assembly solutions. Medical and Fluid Solutions includes engineered fluid solutions, medical interventional solutions, medical fluid components, and surgical solutions serving medical, life science, and high-tech industrial end markets. Advanced Technology Solutions integrates proprietary technologies for semiconductor and electronics customers, offering electronics dispense systems and test and inspection solutions.

Nordson maintains principal manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The company employs approximately 8,000 people worldwide and operates through direct sales and service networks in more than 35 countries. Approximately 67 percent of revenues are generated outside the United States, reflecting the company's global market presence.

The company's competitive advantages stem from its technical expertise, innovative product portfolio encompassing more than 2,100 granted and pending patents and over 1,000 trademarks, and its worldwide network of direct sales and technical resources. Nordson serves diverse end markets including packaging, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, precision agriculture, and building and construction. The company pursues growth through organic innovation and strategic acquisitions of companies with differentiated precision technology portfolios and customer-centric business models. The Ascend strategy, launched in 2021, drives top-tier revenue growth through the NBS Next growth framework, Owner Mindset organizational structure, and Winning Teams talent strategy.

Sector
Industrials
Industry
Industrial Machinery
HQ
WESTLAKE, OH
FY end
10-31
CIK
72331
SIC
3569
Financial performance · annual
20132025
$-297.98M$595.96M$1.49B$2.38B$3.28B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025TTMTTMTTM

Ownership

Who holds NORDSON CORP — across funds, superinvestors and bonds · N-PORT 2026Q2 · 13F 2026-06-30

569
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$5.33B
fund-held value
32.3%
of shares held by funds
3
bond issues held by funds

Top fund holders

Fund% of fundValue
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.02%$506.61M
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.02%$414.53M
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.19%$366.19M
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.02%$220.41M
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP GROWTH INDEX FUND
VBK · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.45%$211.23M

Bonds held by funds

Funds report holding 3 issues of NORDSON CORP's debt, $267.84M at fund-held market value — what funds hold, not the company's debt outstanding. Weighted-average coupon 5.04%, maturing 20282033.

IssueCouponMaturesFundsFund-held
Nordson Corp4.500%2029-12-1543$151.24M
Nordson Corp5.800%2033-09-1550$76.38M
Nordson Corp5.600%2028-09-1544$40.22M

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

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