---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072331-25-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDSN"
cik: "0000072331"
company_name: "NORDSON CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:17:58.553456+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson Q3 sales $742M (+12%), adjusted EPS $2.73 (+13%); board adds $500M buyback

## Summary
- Q3 sales $742M, up 12% YoY; organic sales up 2%; acquisition impact 8%.
- Adjusted EPS $2.73, up 13% from $2.41; GAAP EPS $2.22.
- Advanced Technology Solutions organic sales up 15%; Medical & Fluid up 32% (incl. Atrion).
- Board authorized $500M share repurchase; total authorization ~$793M.
- Full-year guidance confirmed: sales slightly below midpoint, adjusted EPS slightly above.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072331-25-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDSN
- cik: 0000072331
- company_name: NORDSON CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233125000112/0000072331-25-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233125000112/ndsn-20250820.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-25-000112.txt

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