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About Nordson Corporation
Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, medical components, and other fluids. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems; components and systems for th… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: March 26, 1990
Headquarters: 28601 Clemens Road, Westlake, OH, United States, 44145-4551
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$288.74
Market Cap
$16.00B
Float
49.7M
Shares Outstanding
55.8M
P/E (Forward)
23.92
P/E (TTM)
30.67
Price/Sales (TTM)
5.51
vs. Analyst Target
+7.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
18.19%
Operating Margin (TTM)
26.62%
Revenue (TTM)
$2.90B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
6.10%
Dividend Rate
3.3%
Analyst Target Price
$310.50 (10 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.12B
$250M
$1.13B
$447M
2021
$2.36B
$454M
$1.32B
$704M
2022
$2.59B
$513M
$1.43B
$772M
2023
$2.63B
$487M
$1.43B
$787M
2024
$2.69B
$467M
$1.49B
$811M
2025
$2.79B
$484M
$1.54B
$875M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jul 2025
$742M
$126M
Oct 2025
$752M
$152M
Jan 2026
$669M
$133M
Apr 2026
$741M
$117M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
5.6%
Institutional Ownership
76.9%
Short Float
2.4%
% of All Funds Holding
8.12%
Number of Funds Holding
667
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$278.31
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$256.48
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$234.41
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$237.30
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$257.33
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$237.69
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$239.88
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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