Company Dossier · Industrials
Nordson Corporation
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Nordson Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 23, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $2.98 billion, up 7.2% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $0.72 billion, up 33% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $0.05 billion, down 29% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to October 31, 2025: $0.31 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to October 31, 2025: $0.03 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 20, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed December 17, 2025): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 761 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+47 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 2 (2 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Nordson Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-23. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending20th pct
- Debt raised32nd pct
- Buybacks vs capex28th pct
- Hiring filings26th pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications44th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment90th pct
- Call confidence91st pct
- Guidance changes85th pct
- Risk factors added71st pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Guidance changes
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver18th pct
- Stress filings38th pct
Credit
How these are built →Nordson Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$1.7B
- Due within a year $0.2B
- Longer term $1.5B
- Default point $1.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | $600M | 4.500% | 2029 (5y) | +97bp | 4.543% |
From the pricing term sheets Nordson Corporation filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Layoffs
0 actions in the last 12 months · 0 workers in WARN notices · latest Aug 20, 2024
- Aug 20, 2024WARN notice · CACA11 workers · Layoff · effective Oct 25, 2024
- Feb 13, 2024WARN notice · CACA69 workers · Layoff · effective Apr 26, 2024
- Sep 10, 2008SEC filing
- Oct 28, 2005SEC filing
WARN notices cover layoffs above the federal size thresholds in the states Palanor reads; they are not every layoff. A WARN notice filed near an 8-K Item 2.05 of Nordson Corporation is linked to it and counted once. Methodology and coverage
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026Trademark
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Sep 30, 2026Trademark
- Sep 30, 2026Trademark
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Aug 4, 2026Patent
- Jul 28, 2026Trademark
- Jul 28, 2026Trademark
- Jul 21, 2026Patent
- May 26, 2026Patent
- Mar 4, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 2, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Dec 17, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Oct 28, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 14, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 11, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 29, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 10, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Dec 18, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 20, 202310-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
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