secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK:        0000072331
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072331-23-000232
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Nordson Q4 adj EPS $2.46, full-year record sales $2.6B; guides FY2024 sales growth 4-9%
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- Q4 sales $719M (+5% YoY); adj. EPS $2.46 vs $2.44; EBITDA record $227M (32% of sales).
- FY2023 sales $2.6B (+2%), adj. EPS $9.03 vs $9.43; EBITDA record $819M (31% of sales).
- FY2024 guidance: sales growth 4-9%, adj. EPS growth 1-8%; Q1 sales $615-640M, adj. EPS $2.00-2.10.
- Industrial Precision Solutions sales +14% (record packaging/coating/polymer); Medical & Fluid Solutions -7%; Advanced Technology Solutions -1% (electronics softness).
- Ascend strategy on track for $3B sales and >30% EBITDA by 2025; backlog ~$800M entering FY2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233123000232/0000072331-23-000232-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233123000232/ndsn-20231213.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-23-000232

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