Nordson Corporation (NDSN) earnings on August 19, 2026
More Nordson Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
The stock rose 8% after earnings, reaching a high of 8.9% during the day. This marked a significant shift in market perception.
NDSN price around the earnings
334.70
Change: +8.0%
2026-08-20, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
- Results released
Cautious outlook, limited upside expected
Analysts see a weak setup: the stock's recent rise has stalled and the crowd is overly optimistic, which historically tends to limit further gains. Even though the company often beats earnings forecasts, the expected price increase is tiny.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Cautious outlook, limited upside expected
- Playbook
- The stock recently fell from a high point, and the average analyst price target is only slightly above the current price. Crowd sentiment is very negative, which often coincides with further price drops.
- Trend
- Analyst confidence dropped sharply over five days
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
The average price target is $317, only 2.4% above the current price of $309.96, offering little room for gains.
Evidence
- Analysts covering the stock
- 7
- Average price target
- 316.86
- Lowest price target
- 260
- Highest price target
- 345
- Upside to price target
- 2.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 4.4%
- Revenue growth
- 8.5%
- Forward EPS
- 12.55
- Trailing EPS
- 9.37
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 0
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 4
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
There is no news coverage available for this event.
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The price is above a resistance level, and the 14-day trend is negative, indicating a possible pullback.
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 304.41
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -0.7%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -1.7%
- 30-day change (32d)
- +5.3%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.1%
- SPY change (32d)
- +3.2%
- Nearest support
- 304.05
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.1%
- Nearest resistance
- 306.28
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.6%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.67
- Mid: 304.05 (0.1% away, 0.08 ATR, 7 touches)
- Minor: 302.29 (0.7% away, 0.49 ATR, 3 touches)
- Minor: 300.68 (1.2% away, 0.86 ATR, 3 touches)
- Minor: 306.28 (0.6% away, 0.43 ATR, 2 touches)
- Mid: 307.92 (1.2% away, 0.8 ATR, 14 touches)
- Minor: 309.12 (1.6% away, 1.08 ATR, 1 touches)
Trends
Drivers
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Macro & trends
Negative
The overall trend has reversed from strongly positive to negative in just five days, showing a shift in market positioning.
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.1%
- May 20, 2026: actual EPS 2.86 vs estimate 2.82 (surprise +1.5%)
- February 18, 2026: actual EPS 2.37 vs estimate 2.37 (surprise -0.1%)
- December 10, 2025: actual EPS 3.03 vs estimate 2.93 (surprise +3.4%)
- August 20, 2025: actual EPS 2.73 vs estimate 2.64 (surprise +3.5%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has beaten earnings forecasts 75% of the time, with an average surprise of +2.1%, suggesting a good chance of another beat.
- Implied move
- +3.7%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 2.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.1%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.4%
- Up / down moves
- 12 / 8
- Average up move
- +3.1%
- Average down move
- -5.5%
Monitoring and close
What Nordson Corporation reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 3.25 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 3.1 |
| EPS surprise | +4.8% |
| Revenue | $818 million |
| Revenue estimate | $780 million |
| Revenue surprise | +4.8% |
Nordson raised its FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $11.80-$12.00 and sales guidance to $3.035B-$3.075B. Q3 adjusted EPS of $3.25 and sales of $817.7M beat estimates.
Sources (6)
- Nordson (NDSN) Q3 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Nordson (NDSN) Tops Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Nordson’s (NASDAQ:NDSN) Q2 CY2026 Sales Top Estimates, Guides for Strong Full-Year Sales (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- Nordson Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $11.30-$11.80 to $11.80-$12.00 vs $11.59 Est; Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $2.930B-$3.010B to $3.035B-$3.075B vs $2.983B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nordson beat expectations in Q3: adjusted EPS of $3.25 versus $3.10 estimated, and revenue of $817.7M versus $780.1M expected. — Benzinga
- Nordson Q3 Adj. EPS $3.25 Beats $3.10 Estimate, Sales $817.667M Beat $780.080M Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +3.1% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 3%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the comparable cases aren't consistent enough.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +8.0%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0.9%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 8.9%