Company insider dossier

Nordson Corporation insider intelligence

NDSN filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.

50/100

No directional read

35/100 confidence
Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Latest evidence
15 Sep 2026

Investment committee read

No directional read

The tape contains filings, but none provide enough priced common-share evidence for a directional classification.

Evidence is contextual

Evidence in favour

  • Participation spans 10 named insiders rather than one filing source.

Decision risks

  • Most filings are awards, derivatives, unpriced common shares, or other securities and remain contextual.
Conviction50No directional read
Confidence35Thin evidence
Named insiders10participating in the tape
Controlled events0directional common-share events
Acquisition value$634.7Knormalized amount
Disposal value$2.1Mnormalized amount

Price confirmation map

Weekly price with common-share events

Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.

331.23291.88252.53213.18173.84
Mar 2025Sep 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal

Market confirmation

Price and trend context

Latest close
311.57 USD
One-week move
-0.9%
Four-week move
-5.9%
Fair-value gap
+28.4%
Trend signal
Active
Relative strength
3.3

Directional balance

Controlled event mix

0%acquisition
Acquisition events
0
Disposal events
0
Net value
-$1.5M

Cadence

Twelve-week filing pressure

Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.

006 Jul
013 Jul
020 Jul
327 Jul
003 Aug
010 Aug
017 Aug
324 Aug
231 Aug
007 Sep
114 Sep
021 Sep

Named participants

Insider conviction by person

DEFORD, JOHN ADirector500 events
HALL, JUSTIN EEVP500 events
HOPGOOD, DANIEL ROYEVP, CFO500 events
MAPES, CHRISTOPHER LDirector500 events
MORRIS, MILTON MAYODirector500 events
RUTLEDGE, JOSEPH MVP, CAO500 events
CLAYTON, ANNETTE KDirector500 events
DEVRIES, JAMES EExecutive Vice President500 events
MCDONOUGH, JENNIFER LEVP, GC, and Secretary500 events
SUBRAMANIAN, SRINIVASExecutive Vice President500 events

Evidence quality

Security and transaction context

Common equity0
Equity compensation0
Options and derivatives0
Other securities20

Role architecture

Who is participating

Director7
Other executive6
Other or unspecified4
Finance leadership3

Transaction evidence

Auditable NDSN filing ledger

Showing 1 to 20 of 20.

RUTLEDGE, JOSEPH MVP, CAO
DisposalOther securities
684 sharesNDSN
$211.6KContext evidence
MORRIS, MILTON MAYODirector
DisposalOther securities
156 sharesNDSN
$49.4KContext evidence
HALL, JUSTIN EEVP
DisposalOther securities
118 sharesNDSN
$37.1KContext evidence
MCDONOUGH, JENNIFER LEVP, GC, and Secretary
DisposalOther securities
260 sharesNDSN
$87.4KContext evidence
HOPGOOD, DANIEL ROYEVP, CFO
DisposalOther securities
1329 sharesNDSN
$444.3KContext evidence
HOPGOOD, DANIEL ROYEVP, CFO
AcquisitionOther securities
1329 sharesNDSN
$278.7KContext evidence
RUTLEDGE, JOSEPH MVP, CAO
DisposalOther securities
274 sharesNDSN
$81.6KContext evidence
DEFORD, JOHN ADirector
AcquisitionOther securities
84 sharesNDSN
$25.0KContext evidence
MAPES, CHRISTOPHER LDirector
AcquisitionOther securities
42 sharesNDSN
$12.5KContext evidence
HOPGOOD, DANIEL ROYEVP, CFO
DisposalOther securities
148 sharesNDSN
$41.6KContext evidence
CLAYTON, ANNETTE KDirector
AcquisitionOther securities
270 sharesNDSN
$76.5KContext evidence
DEFORD, JOHN ADirector
AcquisitionOther securities
87 sharesNDSN
$25.1KContext evidence
MAPES, CHRISTOPHER LDirector
AcquisitionOther securities
43 sharesNDSN
$12.4KContext evidence
SUBRAMANIAN, SRINIVASExecutive Vice President
DisposalOther securities
1900 sharesNDSN
$532.0KContext evidence
SUBRAMANIAN, SRINIVASExecutive Vice President
DisposalOther securities
1200 sharesNDSN
$336.0KContext evidence
SUBRAMANIAN, SRINIVASExecutive Vice President
AcquisitionOther securities
1900 sharesNDSN
$204.5KContext evidence
DEVRIES, JAMES EExecutive Vice President
DisposalOther securities
127 sharesNDSN
$35.0KContext evidence
DEVRIES, JAMES EExecutive Vice President
DisposalOther securities
71 sharesNDSN
$19.5KContext evidence
MORRIS, MILTON MAYODirector
DisposalOther securities
245 sharesNDSN
$67.1KContext evidence
HALL, JUSTIN EEVP
DisposalOther securities
716 sharesNDSN
$197.5KContext evidence

Reading the dossier

Direction and confidence are separate

Conviction

The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.

Confidence

Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.

Disposals

Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.

Price confirmation

The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.

Independent market research for education. This classification is not investment advice, a recommendation, a forecast, or an execution instruction.

Evidence context