Insider trade

Officer sold ~$534K of NDSN shares in the open market

Traded Oct 16, 2025 · Filed Oct 20, 2025

~$534K
Reported value · 2,300 sh @ $232.39: 8,605
Holds after · shares reported: +44.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +17.3%, $232.00 → $334.43 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Nordson Corporation's Executive Vice President sold $534K of Nordson Corporation shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Oct 16, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 20, 2025

Officer$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$534,497

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

57 days after results of Aug 20, 2025, 55 days before results of Dec 10, 2025

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $232.00 on Oct 16, 2025, 39% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after a 3% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $167.51 (Apr 8, 2025) to $264.36 (Nov 6, 2024), 67% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $226.01 on Sep 4, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.0%	+2.4%	-3.4%
30 days	-4.1%	-2.8%	-1.3%
90 days	+11.9%	+0.9%	+11.0%
180 days	+19.1%	+5.6%	+13.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001629963-25-000006
Filed / recorded: Oct 20, 2025, 12:52 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: NORDSON CORP
Issuer CIK: 72331
Ticker: NDSN
Reporting person: Joseph P Kelley
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Executive Vice President
Security: NDSN
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 16, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,300
Price per share: $232.39
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 8,605
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan adopted on July 15, 2025.

Around the same time

11mo ago

9,100Shares · @ $70.91

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold11mo ago

~$2.13MReported value · 9,100 sh @ $233.60

Nordson Corporation's Executive Vice President sold $2.13M of Nordson Corporation shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

11mo ago

9,100Derivative units

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record