ATS vs Nordson
ATS and NDSN side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ATS and NDSN compare
ATS grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.4% versus 7.0% for Nordson).
Nordson keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.6% compared with 2.4% at ATS.
Nordson pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; ATS does not pay one.
Nordson scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 4 for ATS), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ATS | NDSN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $18.1B |
| Share price | $17.50 | $324.74 |
| Change, 1 year | −35.5% | 37.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −54.9% | 21.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.96 | 1.02 |
| Employees | – | 8,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 32.8× |
| P/S | – | 6.1× |
| P/B | – | 5.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 22.5× |
| P/FCF | – | 25.0× |
| FCF yield | – | 4.0% |
| Fair value | – | $242.13 |
| Margin of safety | – | −34.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.4% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 5.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 22.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 24.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 14.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 55.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 26.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 18.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 14.0% | 24.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 4.1% | 17.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | 13.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.53 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.01 | 1.84 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.0× | 8.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 1.82 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 6.26 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.0% |
| Payout ratio | – | 33.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.6% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 2.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 83.2% | 76.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 0.55% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$23.5M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- ATS stock overview
- ATS income statement
- ATS valuation and score
- NDSN stock overview
- NDSN income statement
- NDSN valuation and score
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