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Nordson Corp

NDSNNASDAQ

SectorIndustrials

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery

Beta (adjusted)0.97

Intrinsic Value $266.45median of 6 methods · middle span $226-$296based on filings through 31 Jul 2026

Market Price $329.02Price as of 1 Oct 2026

OvervaluedIntrinsic value is 19% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $18.3B

Enterprise Value $19.8B

Shares Outstanding 55.9M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date16 Dec 2026

Last ex-dividend18 Jun 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Nordson entered the final quarter of fiscal 2026 with record quarterly sales, broad-based organic growth, a 35% larger backlog, a 32% EBITDA margin and raised full-year guidance. Advanced Technology Solutions was the principal growth engine, while Medical and Fluid Solutions also produced double-digit organic growth excluding the divested contract-manufacturing business. The 15% dividend increase and 63-year record of annual increases reinforce the quality and cash-generation case.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets7 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$260.00

Mean target$316.86

High · most bullish analyst$345.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$260.0020%

Backlog conversion weakens, electronics demand reverses, or macroeconomic, tariff and currency pressures interrupt the current organic-growth momentum. A result below the lower end of either full-year guidance range would undermine the operating assumptions supporting the base case.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$316.8655%

Matches the consensus mean

Order and backlog momentum supports fiscal 2026 sales within the stated $3.035-$3.075 billion range and adjusted diluted EPS within the stated $11.80-$12.00 range, with Advanced Technology Solutions remaining the fastest-growing segment.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$345.0025%

Backlog converts on schedule, electronics dispense and test-and-inspection demand remains strong, and growth stays broad across all three segments. This would create a path to finish above the upper ends of the current fiscal 2026 sales and adjusted-EPS ranges.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Fiscal Q3 2026 sales reached a quarterly record of $817.7 million, with total organic growth of 11.7% and growth reported across all three segments.
Backlog increased 35% year over year, providing near-term demand visibility entering fiscal Q4 2026.
Quarterly EBITDA reached a record $262.5 million, or 32% of sales, while year-to-date free-cash-flow conversion was 125%.
The board raised the quarterly dividend 15% to $0.94 per share, extending Nordson's annual dividend-increase record to 63 consecutive years.

Key Investment Risks

Advanced Technology Solutions generated 30.9% organic growth in fiscal Q3 2026, making continued electronics strength an important component of the current momentum.
Acquisitions and divestitures can affect comparability and execution; the Medical and Fluid Solutions growth presentation excluded the prior-year contract-manufacturing divestiture.
Management identifies economic and political conditions, tariffs, currency movements, acquisition integration and geopolitical events as uncertainties affecting forward-looking expectations.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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