Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Nordson Corporation

Reply to NewYorkActuary
The AfD was closed before I could reply to this comment from. This articleWebCite notes: "Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) has received a sell rating for the short term, according to the latest rank of 4 from research firm, Zacks. The company received an average rating of 2.38 from 8 analysts. 2 have rated it as a strong buy. 1 analysts recommended buying the shares. 5 analysts have rated the company at hold. Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN): According to 5 Analysts, The short term target price has been estimated at $ 78.2.The target price could deviate by a maximum of $11.14 from the forecast price. In the near term, the target price could hit a high of $90 and a low of $ 68. Many analysts have commented on the company rating. Equity analysts at the Brokerage firm Oppenheimer maintains its rating on Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN). The rating major has initiated the coverage with an outperform rating on the shares. The Analysts at Oppenheimer lowers the price target from $90 per share to $75 per share. The rating by the firm was issued on August 24, 2015." Notability (organizations and companies) says (my bolding): "There has been considerable discussion over time whether publicly traded corporations, or at least publicly traded corporations listed on major stock exchanges such as the NYSE and other comparable international stock exchanges, are inherently notable. Consensus has been that notability is not automatic in this (or any other) case. However, sufficient independent sources almost always exist for such companies, so that notability can be established using the primary criterion discussed above. Examples of such sources include independent press coverage and analyst reports. Accordingly, article authors should make sure to seek out such coverage and add references to such articles to properly establish notability. Editors coming across an article on such a company without such references are encouraged to search (or request that others search) prior to nominating for deletion, given the very high (but not certain) likelihood that a publicly traded company is actually notable according to the primary criterion." The guideline says that "analyst reports" are examples of "independent press coverage". The source above says that at least eight analysts have reviewed the company. Their analyst reports would help establish notability according to the guideline. Though much of their information would be too detailed for the Wikipedia article, some of it could be used to fill out the "history" or "products" sections of the article. Cunard (talk) 23:04, 1 November 2015 (UTC)


 * User:Cunard Thank you for taking the time to respond.  It seems that we simply disagree about what kind of "analyst reports" were contemplated by the good folks who wrote the guideline.  When I first read that guideline, I assumed that they mean reports that provided an in-depth look at a company, or one that was an in-depth look at an industry sector and that had a substantial discussion of the companies in that sector.  I never even considered the possibility that they meant routine pronouncements about short-term movements in the price of the company's stock.  But even though this is one more thing we disagree about, I think we can agree on something else -- the folks at the Business and Companies projects really need to clarify their notability guidelines.  After I collect my thoughts a bit, I'll try to initiate a discussion on this on some appropriate talk page.  When I do, I'll be happy to ping you for that discussion.


 * Thanks again for the response. NewYorkActuary (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I think "analyst reports" does refer to "reports that provided an in-depth look at a company, or one that was an in-depth look at an industry sector and that had a substantial discussion of the companies in that sector". "I never even considered the possibility that they meant routine pronouncements about short-term movements in the price of the company's stock." – actually, I also agree with you that "routine pronouncements about short-term movements in the price of the company's stock" do not establish notability. My apologies for not making this clear. Here is a list of analyst reports (under paywalls) for Nordson Corporation: http://www.zacks.com/stock/research/NDSN/brokerage-reports. I think these are what the editors at the Business and Companies projects refer to as establishing notability. Cunard (talk) 05:24, 5 November 2015 (UTC)