Earnings Preview for Nordson

On Wednesday, August 19, Nordson NDSN will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's report can help you figure out the ins and outs of the earnings release.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see Nordson reporting earnings of $1.33 per share on revenue of $501.16 million. In the same quarter last year, Nordson reported earnings per share of $1.62 on revenue of $559.75 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Wednesday, EPS would have fallen 17.9%. Sales would be down 10.47% from the same quarter last year. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 56.36%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably satisfied going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Nordson is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=2393668&sessionid=1&key=C5C6929F1100EE537751D00E102DA1B9&regTag=&sourcepage=register