NDSN
Nordson Corp Industrials General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC S&P 500Russell 3000
$322.67Close
$18.0BMarket cap
$224.57 – $334.4352-week range
Dec 9, 2026Next report
Highlights
Strengths
- Near its high 4% below its 52-week high
- Earnings growing EPS +23% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+17 pts)
Cautions
- Trend not confirmed 7 of 8 conditions · under the 50-day
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
4%
1wk
up 1.2%
price change
1mo
down 1.6%
price change
12-month return
up 41%
market up 11% ·
its own up 29%
F-score
5 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z
5.82
Low risk
P/E
37.2×
price / earnings
PEG
7.52
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
5.9×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.6%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
45%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 4%
year on year
EPS growth
up 23%
latest quarter · +17 pts
Sales growth
up 10%
latest quarter · +2 pts
ROE
up 16%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 24%
$661.1M FCF
D/E
0.55
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
2.0×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- no new shares issued
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 20% ($2.1B → $1.7B)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.2%
$6.99 a day · 2×ATR $308.70
RS
74 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
7 / 8
under the 50-day
Relative volume
1.5×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.11
50 sessions
Implied move
8.3%
by Dec 18, 2026 · report Dec 9, 2026
Trend template · 7 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Aug 19, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 19, 2026+11% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$26,99527.2% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 55%
- Net 17%
- Free cash 24%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Oct 31, 2020 | FY2021Oct 31, 2021 | FY2022Oct 31, 2022 | FY2023Oct 31, 2023 | FY2024Oct 31, 2024 | FY2025Oct 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $2.7B | $2.8B |
| Gross margin | 53% | 56% | 55% | 54% | 55% | 55% |
| Operating income | $349.5M | $615.1M | $702.4M | $672.8M | $674.0M | $711.7M |
| Net income | $249.5M | $454.4M | $513.1M | $487.5M | $467.3M | $484.5M |
| Net margin | 12% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Earnings per share | $4.27 | $7.74 | $8.81 | $8.46 | $8.11 | $8.51 |
| Free cash flow | $451.9M | $507.6M | $461.7M | $606.7M | $491.8M | $661.1M |
| Free cash margin | 21% | 21% | 18% | 23% | 18% | 24% |
| Cash | $208.3M | $300.0M | $163.5M | $115.7M | $116.0M | $108.4M |
| Long-term debt | $1.1B | $781.7M | $345.3M | $1.6B | $2.1B | $1.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.9B | $3.0B |
| Shares outstanding | 58.08m | 58.15m | 57.11m | 57.01m | 57.20m | 55.92m |
Next report
Dec 9, 2026
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±8.3%
$296 – $349 by Dec 18, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±3.3%
last 4: +10.0% · +5.6% · -1.0% · +0.4%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
2.5× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $307 – $339 ±5.0% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 27.2% priced · 21.1% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Calmer
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $26,995 calls $13,070 · puts $13,925 · latest session
- 1.07×
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +9 · puts +13 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 27.2% (+2.2% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.91 · 25Δ skew 3.6 pts · Net GEX $1.2M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 31, 2026 | 20d |
| May 21, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 30, 2026 | 21d |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 31, 2026 | 19d |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Oct 31, 2025 | 47d |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 31, 2025 | 21d |
| May 29, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 30, 2025 | 29d |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 31, 2025 | 20d |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Oct 31, 2024 | 48d |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 31, 2024 | 22d |
| May 23, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 30, 2024 | 23d |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 31, 2024 | 22d |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Annual ↗ | Oct 31, 2023 | 50d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 3, 2026 | New obligation ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| May 28, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |