Nordson Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18.8 | 17.3 | 35.6 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 30.1 | 39.5 | 26.7 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 10.8 | – | 15.9 | 14.0 | 17.1 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 24.9 | 19.2 | 27.1 | 45.3 | 32.9 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 30.6 | 27.3 | |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | |
| 10.4 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 6.8 | – | 10.4 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 27.4 | 22.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 17.8 | |
| – | 23.9 | 13.5 | 82.3 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 21.4 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 26.5 | 17.4 | 28.6 | 25.0 | 29.4 | 28.4 | 20.2 | 29.0 | 20.0 | |
| -0.9% | 4.2% | 7.4% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 6.8% | 13.6% | 8.5% | 7.7% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 5.1% | 6.9% | 8.8% | 4.7% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 5.0% | 3.4% | 5.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 62.0% | 60.6% | 57.8% | 58.8% | 59.2% | 53.9% | 52.1% | 54.8% | 55.4% | 55.8% | 57.4% | 55.7% | 56.0% | 57.2% | 59.7% | 60.7% | 58.4% | 56.1% | 55.5% | 54.1% | 54.9% | 55.1% | 54.8% | 54.3% | 53.3% | 56.1% | 55.1% | 54.2% | 55.2% | 55.2% | |
| 13.8% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 11.4% | 13.6% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 10.2% | 14.9% | 15.6% | 16.5% | 15.3% | 16.9% | -15.6% | 22.5% | 25.6% | 23.8% | 21.0% | 21.5% | 18.8% | 21.5% | 22.6% | 22.3% | 22.0% | 16.5% | 26.0% | 27.1% | 25.6% | 25.1% | 25.9% | |
| 8.7% | 7.9% | 3.1% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 10.2% | 9.1% | 10.4% | -19.5% | 16.1% | 18.0% | 16.0% | 14.4% | 14.5% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 14.3% | 16.7% | 15.4% | 11.8% | 19.2% | 19.8% | 18.5% | 17.4% | 17.4% | |
| -1.5% | 5.7% | 8.3% | 1.3% | 8.3% | 6.9% | 18.4% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 9.4% | 7.8% | 19.1% | 12.0% | 18.4% | 17.3% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 11.8% | 14.9% | 13.5% | 18.4% | 14.5% | 21.3% | 21.5% | 17.8% | 23.1% | 18.3% | 23.7% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.6% | 22.7% | 9.7% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 9.3% | 8.2% | 11.7% | 15.7% | 23.7% | 21.0% | 17.1% | 20.5% | -43.3% | 33.3% | 38.9% | 33.6% | 25.0% | 27.3% | 32.0% | 31.9% | 25.6% | 26.0% | 21.3% | 14.2% | 21.0% | 22.4% | 18.8% | 15.9% | 15.9% | |
| 10.4% | 9.9% | 3.9% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 9.9% | 11.0% | 7.5% | 10.1% | -18.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 12.3% | 10.9% | 10.8% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 12.0% | 13.4% | 9.3% | 7.8% | 8.2% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 | 79 | 92 | 133 | 159 | 397 | 290 | 241 | 124 | 172 | 78 | 328 | 284 | 146 | 77 | 291 | 592 | 610 | 757 | 1,066 | 918 | 1,493 | 1,218 | 1,093 | 921 | 539 | 595 | 1,643 | 2,111 | 1,911 | |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | – | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | |
| 48.1% | 43.8% | 39.9% | 37.4% | 40.5% | 30.6% | 35.2% | 39.1% | 48.1% | 42.0% | 52.3% | 43.8% | 49.2% | 41.5% | 51.2% | 43.8% | 36.6% | 43.5% | 39.7% | 28.0% | 35.2% | 33.8% | 42.4% | 45.0% | 47.9% | 57.0% | 60.1% | 49.5% | 48.9% | 51.4% | |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.32 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.71 | -2.38 | 2.46 | 3.31 | 3.45 | 3.42 | 3.84 | 3.45 | 4.73 | 5.08 | 6.40 | 5.79 | 4.27 | 7.74 | 8.81 | 8.46 | 8.11 | 8.51 | |
| 8.38 | 9.10 | 10.01 | 10.47 | 11.30 | 11.07 | 9.61 | 9.84 | 10.86 | 11.49 | 13.05 | 14.53 | 16.39 | 12.20 | 15.22 | 18.36 | 21.65 | 23.77 | 26.51 | 27.61 | 31.44 | 35.51 | 38.26 | 37.70 | 36.27 | 40.22 | 44.47 | 45.61 | 46.69 | 49.05 | |
| 3.37 | 3.15 | 3.25 | 3.31 | 3.77 | 3.99 | 3.99 | 4.43 | 5.52 | 4.53 | 6.30 | 7.77 | 8.37 | 5.51 | 7.38 | 8.51 | 10.29 | 13.68 | 14.08 | 10.79 | 14.80 | 19.85 | 24.62 | 27.16 | 30.08 | 36.76 | 39.39 | 45.08 | 50.89 | 53.47 | |
| -0.12 | 0.52 | 0.83 | 0.13 | 0.94 | 0.76 | 1.77 | 1.18 | 1.34 | 1.42 | 1.57 | 1.36 | 1.28 | 2.33 | 1.82 | 3.37 | 3.74 | 3.41 | 3.80 | 3.27 | 4.70 | 4.78 | 7.04 | 5.47 | 7.73 | 8.64 | 7.93 | 10.53 | 8.54 | 11.62 | |
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.