Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.300-2.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.420. The company issued revenue guidance of $650.0 million-$690.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $686.7 million.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on NDSN shares. Baird R W cut shares of Nordson from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Loop Capital raised Nordson from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $255.00 to $280.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Nordson from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Robert W. Baird reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $237.00 price target (down from $294.00) on shares of Nordson in a report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their price target on shares of Nordson from $295.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $279.25.

Nordson Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NDSN traded down $1.79 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $217.73. The stock had a trading volume of 549,114 shares, compared to its average volume of 338,818. Nordson has a twelve month low of $196.83 and a twelve month high of $279.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The company has a market cap of $12.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.85, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.95. The business’s fifty day moving average is $214.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $239.27.

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The industrial products company reported $2.06 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.08 by ($0.02). Nordson had a return on equity of 19.87% and a net margin of 17.37%. As a group, research analysts expect that Nordson will post 10.2 EPS for the current year.

Nordson Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 2nd were given a dividend of $0.78 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.43%. Nordson’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 38.47%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Stephen Lovass sold 317 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.75, for a total transaction of $82,657.75. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 6,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,738,159.50. This represents a 4.54 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders have sold a total of 1,703 shares of company stock valued at $374,069 in the last 90 days. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Nordson Company Profile

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial Precision Solutions; Medical and Fluid Solutions; and Advanced Technology Solutions.