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STERIS plc (STE)

NYSE / Healthcare / Medical - Devices

Share price

217.26 USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026

Market capitalisation

21.17B USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026
Market data
Oct 14, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed May 29, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 14, 2026
Filed years
10, FY2017 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

9.3% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

27.26x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

4.5% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 2.61B USDFY2017 Net income: 110.0M USDFY2018 Revenue: 2.62B USDFY2018 Net income: 290.9M USDFY2019 Revenue: 2.78B USDFY2019 Net income: 303.7M USDFY2020 Revenue: 3.03B USDFY2020 Net income: 407.7M USDFY2021 Revenue: 3.11B USDFY2021 Net income: 397.4M USDFY2022 Revenue: 4.22B USDFY2022 Net income: 243.9M USDFY2023 Revenue: 4.54B USDFY2023 Net income: 107.0M USDFY2024 Revenue: 5.14B USDFY2024 Net income: 378.2M USDFY2025 Revenue: 5.46B USDFY2025 Net income: 614.6M USDFY2026 Revenue: 5.94B USDFY2026 Net income: 782.3M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
5 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 27.26x at the close of 2026-10-14 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 25.00x and 40.00x.

Today, against the Medical - Devices industry (32 companies), 27.26x sits at the 55th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 19.84x to 39.18x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 9.3% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Around the cost of capital" (8.0% to 12.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Healthcare sector (192 companies), 9.3% sits at the 65th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -20.2% to 14.2%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 18.15x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether STERIS plc's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Healthcare sector, year by year. (FY2023 to FY2026, 4 fiscal years of STERIS plc with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way STERIS plc's gross margin has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of STERIS plc)
What could explain it
What in STERIS plc's filed statements could explain the movements. (6 readings drawn from the statement lines STERIS plc filed)
What to check next
What to check next on STERIS plc, and where in its filings. (2 questions for STERIS plc)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on STERIS plc's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (16 of sixteen figures read for STERIS plc)

These are STE’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-039136.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

STERIS plc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax9.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Return on equity10.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Return on capital employed, pre-tax11.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Return on assets7.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Gross margin44.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Operating margin18.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Net margin13.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
STE 13.2%
EW 17.7%SYK 12.9%ZBH 8.6%DXCM 17.9%SNN 10.1%
8.6%17.9%
Net margin: STE against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

STERIS plc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.29 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Current ratio2.09 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Quick ratio1.54 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Interest coverage18.15x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Altman Z-score5.06 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Net debt1.65B ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Total assets 10.74BTotal liabilities 3.54BShareholders' equity 7.18BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What STERIS plc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136).

STERIS plc: balance sheet position
Total assets10.74B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026
Total liabilities3.54B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026
Shareholders' equity7.18B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026
Cash439.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026
Total debt2.09B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026
Net debt1.65B
Current ratio2.09
Debt to equity0.29

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

STERIS plc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings27.26x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
P/E on trailing twelve months26.77x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book2.99x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Price to sales3.61x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Enterprise value to EBIT20.96x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Enterprise value to EBITDA14.54x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Price to earnings over growth2.41 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Diluted earnings per share7.93 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Graham number114.24 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value STE on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for STERIS plc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

STERIS plc: valuation
Share price217.26 USD
Market capitalisation21.17B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA14.54x
Graham number114.24 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20267.93 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 7, 2019: low 25.07x, median 41.64x, high 217.78x, latest 26.77x. 1,669 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 136 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like STERIS plc

  1. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW)Market cap 49.82B USD
  2. Stryker Corporation (SYK)Market cap 108.00B USD
  3. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (ZBH)Market cap 17.75B USD
  4. DexCom, Inc. (DXCM)Market cap 31.50B USD
  5. Smith & Nephew plc (SNN)Market cap 11.71B USD

Same industry (Medical - Devices) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

STERIS plc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield4.5% ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Free cash flow972.4M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Free cash flow margin16.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Dividend yield1.2% ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Payout ratio30.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
FY2017 Free cash flow: 251.2M USDFY2017 Net income: 110.0M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 292.2M USDFY2018 Net income: 290.9M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 349.8M USDFY2019 Net income: 303.7M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 376.0M USDFY2020 Net income: 407.7M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 450.4M USDFY2021 Net income: 397.4M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 397.2M USDFY2022 Net income: 243.9M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 395.0M USDFY2023 Net income: 107.0M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 613.0M USDFY2024 Net income: 378.2M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 778.0M USDFY2025 Net income: 614.6M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 972.4M USDFY2026 Net income: 782.3M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

STERIS plc: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
27.26xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
2.99xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
20.96xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
4.5%FY2026Oct 14, 2026
9.3%FY2026May 29, 2026
1.2%FY2026Oct 14, 2026
0.29FY2026May 29, 2026
2.09FY2026May 29, 2026
3.61xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
2.41FY2026Oct 14, 2026
5.06FY2026Oct 14, 2026
-2.64FY2026May 29, 2026
9/9FY2026May 29, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 10 filed fiscal years on record, FY2017 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 14, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports STERIS plc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

STERIS plc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20265.94B1.10B782.3M7.93972.4M18.6%10.9%10-K, May 29, 20260001628280-26-039136
FY20255.46B866.6M614.6M6.20778.0M15.9%9.3%10-K, May 29, 20250001757898-25-000005
FY20245.14B836.1M378.2M3.81613.0M16.3%6.0%10-K, May 29, 20240001757898-24-000008
FY20234.54B791.1M107.0M1.07395.0M17.4%1.8%10-K, May 26, 20230001757898-23-000005
FY20224.22B477.8M243.9M2.48397.2M11.3%3.7%10-K, May 31, 20220001757898-22-000011
FY20213.11B548.4M397.4M4.63450.4M17.6%10.2%10-K, May 28, 20210001757898-21-000017
FY20203.03B537.0M407.7M4.76376.0M17.7%12.0%10-K, May 29, 20200001757898-20-000012
FY20192.78B411.0M303.7M3.55349.8M14.8%9.6%10-K, May 30, 20190001757898-19-000005
FY20182.62B399.9M290.9M3.39292.2M15.3%9.1%10-K, May 30, 20190001757898-19-000005
FY20172.61B226.2M110.0M1.28251.2M8.7%n/a10-K, May 30, 20190001757898-19-000005
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 9.5%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 24.4%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 22.5%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 16.2%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

STERIS plc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.64 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Piotroski F-score9/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, 0001628280-26-039136
Named tests met5 of 30 Computed
Beta0.41 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 5 met, 25 not met, 0 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Three forensic scores; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Cash-covered dividend
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Figures we could not read(1)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: We hold 8 profitable filed years in a row; the test needs 10.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • One figure could not be read on this company: Positive Earnings Streak.

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