Is Nordson Corp a growth stock? A data-driven read on its earnings momentum, price leadership, and demand, scored against every US stock from SEC filings and daily prices, and re-ranked after every close.
Partly. NDSN is a mixed caseAs of the 2026-07-27 close, NDSN scores 69 out of 99 on our growth-stock rating, a mixed growth-stock profile. That ranks it 671st of 4,897 rated US stocks, the top 14% of the market.
Its strongest trait is C (current quarterly earnings) at 73, and its weakest is A (annual earnings growth) at 33. NDSN clears 3 of the six core growth traits we score per stock; the seventh, overall market direction, is judged market-wide.
On price, NDSN carries a middling Relative Strength rating of 70, meaning it has outperformed about 70% of the market over the past year.
Underneath the score: quarterly earnings up 6% year over year, sales up 8%, trading 2% below its 52-week high.
The six traits that separate real growth stocks from the rest: earnings, price leadership, and demand. Each is scored 1–99 against the whole US market. We compute them with the CANSLIM method, double-weighting earnings and relative strength.
| C | Current quarterly earnings most recent EPS growth vs. a year ago |
73 |
| A | Annual earnings growth multi-year earnings trend |
33 |
| N | New highs & catalysts proximity to new 52-week highs |
69 |
| S | Supply & demand volume behind the move vs. share supply |
38 |
| L | Leader or laggard Relative Strength within its group |
62 |
| I | Institutional sponsorship fund accumulation and 13F ownership |
57 |
NDSN passes some CANSLIM traits but not others. The letter breakdown above shows exactly where it holds up and where it falls short.
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Open the app, free through September 1Partly. NDSN is a mixed case. NDSN passes some CANSLIM traits but not others. The letter breakdown above shows exactly where it holds up and where it falls short.
Nordson Corp (NDSN) scores 69 out of 99 on our growth-stock rating as of the 2026-07-27 close, ranking 671st of 4,897 rated US stocks.
NDSN's most recent quarterly earnings were up about 6% year over year, with sales up 8%.
NDSN has a Relative Strength rating of 70, meaning it has outperformed roughly 70% of the US market over the trailing year.
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