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FCF Margin for Nordson (NDSN)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

24.7%

YoY change

+5.40pp

Trough year (1989)

-2.6%

Peak year (2025)

23.7%

FCF Margin history chart for Nordson (NDSN) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 23.7%

FCF Margin change chart for Nordson (NDSN) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +5.40pp

FCF Margin history table for Nordson (NDSN) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202523.7%+5.40pp
  • 202418.3%-4.80pp
  • 202323.1%+5.26pp
  • 202217.8%-3.66pp
  • 202121.5%+0.19pp
  • 202021.3%+6.78pp
  • 201914.5%-3.88pp
  • 201818.4%+4.94pp
  • 201713.5%-1.49pp
  • 201614.9%+3.11pp
  • 201511.8%-2.52pp
  • 201414.4%+0.02pp
  • 201314.3%-2.94pp
  • 201217.3%-1.10pp
  • 201118.4%+6.38pp
  • 201012.0%-7.07pp
  • 200919.1%+11.27pp
  • 20087.8%-1.59pp
  • 20079.4%-2.68pp
  • 200612.1%-0.26pp
  • 200512.3%-0.01pp
  • 200412.3%+0.35pp
  • 200312.0%-6.39pp
  • 200218.4%+11.50pp
  • 20016.9%-1.41pp
  • 20008.3%+7.00pp
  • 19991.3%-7.01pp
  • 19988.3%+2.59pp
  • 19975.7%+7.16pp
  • 1996-1.5%-4.40pp
  • 19952.9%-2.27pp
  • 19945.2%-4.69pp
  • 19939.9%+3.46pp
  • 19926.4%-0.70pp
  • 19917.1%+0.33pp
  • 19906.8%+9.40pp
  • 1989-2.6%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Nordson's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Nordson (NDSN)

According to Nordson's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 24.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Nordson (NDSN) came in at 23.68% – expanded 5.4 percentage points year-over-year.

23.68% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2025, against a low of -2.59% during 1989.

Nordson FCF Margin by Year

Nordson FCF Margin 2025: 23.7%

Nordson posted free cash flow margin of 23.68% in 2025, expanded 5.4 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Nordson FCF Margin 2024: 18.3%

In 2024, Nordson reported free cash flow margin of 18.28%, contracted 4.8 percentage points from 2023.

Nordson FCF Margin 2023: 23.1%

Nordson free cash flow margin in 2023 was 23.08%, expanded 5.3 percentage points from 2022.

Nordson FCF Margin 2022: 17.8%

2022's free cash flow margin for Nordson came in at 17.82%, contracted 3.7 percentage points from 2021.

Nordson FCF Margin 2021: 21.5%

Nordson free cash flow margin in 2021 was 21.49%.

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