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Sotera Health Co (SHC)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Sotera Health Co. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Sotera Health Co

Sotera Health Co provides sterilization solutions, lab testing, and advisory services primarily for the healthcare industry. Its main services include terminal sterilization of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and food products using technologies like gamma irradiation, EO processing, and electron beam irradiation. The company serves medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and food industry clients worldwide through its Sterigenics and Nordion businesses.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.16B
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.7%
Net income
$77.9M
Diluted EPS
$0.27
Gross margin
55.5%
Operating margin
Net margin
6.7%
FCF margin
12.8%
ROE
12.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
34.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.50B
Long-term debt / equity
3.51×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Sotera Health

  • Revenue grew 5.7% to $1.2B in FY2025, in line with the 4.9% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $321M, up 9.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $149M in FY2025, 12.8% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 75.6% to $78M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Sotera Health’s fundamentals sit among the 558 Healthcare companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin55.5%
45th percentile of 282
Net margin6.7%
67th percentile of 418
FCF margin12.8%
74th percentile of 372
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.7%
40th percentile of 538
ROE12.9%
78th percentile of 473
P/E34.4×
70th percentile of 201
Long-term debt / equity3.51×
93rd percentile of 243
Short interest4.24d
48th percentile of 557

Sotera Health’s long-term debt to equity of 3.51 ranks in the 93rd percentile of the 243 Healthcare companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $24.0M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
4
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
7
0 new, 7 added
Reduced / exited
3
1 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$648.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Sachem Head Capital ManagementQ2 2026$276.2M15.6MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$186.4M10.7MAdded
Greenlight CapitalQ2 2026$73.4M4.1MAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$39.2M2.2MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$35.6M2.0MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$34.3M1.9MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$2.7M151.6KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$341,52819.2KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026), Renaissance Technologies (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$24.0M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-19
Petras Michael B. Jr.Executive ChairmanSell850.0K$18.50$15.7M
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-19
Petras Michael B. Jr.Executive ChairmanSell294.5K$18.50$5.4M
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Rutz Michael PPresident of SterigenicsSell150.0K$18.84$2.8M
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
WARBURG PINCUS & CO.DirectorSell19.1M$15.17$289.8M
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
WARBURG PINCUS & CO.DirectorSell19.1M$15.17$289.8M
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
GTCR INVESTMENT XI LLCDirectorSell12.7M$15.17$193.2M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
12.1M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-15.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.24
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.9M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1412.1M-15.8%4.24
2026-07-3114.4M-9.2%4.80
2026-07-1515.8M-1.1%5.46
2026-06-3016.0M-9.1%5.97
2026-06-1517.6M-6.5%7.08
2026-05-2918.8M-4.3%6.97
2026-05-1519.7M+38.2%3.29
2026-04-3014.3M+11.3%6.16

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.16B$1.10B$1.05B$1.00B$931.5M
Gross profit$645.5M$602.3M$577.2M$557.0M$518.7M
Operating income$297.6M$276.7M$248.3M$256.7M
Net income$77.9M$44.4M$51.4M$-233.6M$116.9M
Diluted EPS$0.27$0.16$0.18$-0.83$0.41

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$287.2M$224.2M$-147.7M$278.0M$281.5M
Capital expenditure$138.0M$179.1M$215.0M$182.4M$102.2M
Free cash flow$149.2M$45.1M$-362.7M$95.6M$179.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$321.4M9.2%$53.6M$0.19
Q1 FY2026$280.0M10.0%$26.6M$0.09
Q4 FY2025$303.4M4.6%$34.8M$0.12
Q3 FY2025$311.3M9.1%$48.4M$0.17
Q2 FY2025$294.3M6.4%$8.0M$0.03
Q1 FY2025$254.5M2.6%$-13.3M$-0.05
Q4 FY2024$290.2M-6.5%$12.3M$0.04
Q3 FY2024$285.5M8.5%$17.0M$0.06

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorHealthcare
SIC industryServices-Misc Health & Allied Services, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2020
SEC CIK1822479

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-08-14
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-05-22
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8-K2026-05-20
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.