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Nordson Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

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Nordson Q1 Earnings Call Highlights Nordson logo Key Points Record quarter: Nordson posted Q1 sales of $669 million (up 9% year-over-year, 7% organic), adjusted EPS of $2.37 (up 15%), and free cash flow of $123 million with cash conversion above 100%, and management raised full-year guidance to $2.86–$2.98 billion in s…
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  • Backlog entering Q2 was up approximately 4% year-over-year with broad-based order momentum and strength in ATS

    80% confidence
  • The high end of full-year sales range assumes continued momentum from electronics end markets and modest improvement in industrial and automotive product lines

    80% confidence
  • Semiconductor applications represent approximately 50% of ATS revenue

    80% confidence
  • Quality control needs are expanding opportunities for test and inspection in semiconductor advanced packaging

    80% confidence
  • X-ray test and inspection systems are beginning to inflect after being down last year

    80% confidence
  • There is no fundamental change in the margin outlook and approximately 40% incremental margins are a normal ongoing expectation

    80% confidence
  • Nordson is positioned across the semiconductor supply chain both technologically and geographically

    80% confidence
  • The low end of guidance assumes a broader pullback in demand in the second half, which the company does not currently see but views as prudent to plan for

    80% confidence
  • Without the late-quarter storm-related disruption, medical organic performance would have been about 4%

    80% confidence
  • AMI (acoustic/optical inspection) followed two really strong years of growth and is expected to grow again this year

    80% confidence
  • Organic growth was driven by robust demand in Asia across most of our end markets

    80% confidence
  • Winter storms at the end of January temporarily impacted production and certain medical supply chain activity, estimated at about 1% sales impact

    80% confidence
  • The company entered fiscal 2026 optimistic about end market demand trends

    80% confidence
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