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STERIS plc (STE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for STERIS plc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2027. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About STERIS plc

STERIS plc provides products and services focused on infection prevention to healthcare, medical device, and pharmaceutical customers worldwide. Its offerings include consumable products, capital equipment, and maintenance services for sterile processing departments, medical device sterilization and testing, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing support. The company serves hospitals, medical device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies through three main segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, and Life Sciences.

Snapshot

Revenue
$5.94B
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.7%
Net income
$782.3M
Diluted EPS
$7.93
Gross margin
44.2%
Operating margin
18.6%
Net margin
13.2%
FCF margin
16.4%
ROE
10.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
27.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$21.71B
Long-term debt / equity
0.25×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended March 31, 2026). 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 STERIS

  • Revenue grew 8.7% to $5.9B in FY2026, faster than the 6.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 18.6% in FY2026, +7.2 pp against 11.3% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2027: revenue $1.5B, up 7.3% from Q1 FY2026.
  • Free cash flow was $972M in FY2026, 16.4% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 27.3% to $782M in FY2026.

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 STERIS’s fundamentals sit among the 570 Healthcare companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin44.2%
29th percentile of 290
Operating margin18.6%
85th percentile of 410
Net margin13.2%
80th percentile of 429
FCF margin16.4%
80th percentile of 385
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.7%
48th percentile of 552
ROE10.9%
74th percentile of 481
P/E27.2×
57th percentile of 183
Long-term debt / equity0.25×
34th percentile of 251
Short interest4.15d
44th percentile of 568

STERIS’s operating margin of 18.6% ranks in the 85th percentile of the 410 Healthcare companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $956,795. 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.

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)
1
$957K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-12
Mohsen SohiDirectorSell4.1K$235.78$957K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-16
John Adam ZangerleSr. VP, Gen Counsel, and Sec.Sell1.4K$209.28$297K
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
Daniel A. CarestioPresident and CEOSell1.4K$212.00$291K
2026-06-04
filed 2026-06-08
Daniel A. CarestioPresident and CEOSell3.1K$214.64$656K
2026-06-02
filed 2026-06-04
Richard C. BreedenDirectorSell1.5K$209.51$310K

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
2.9M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+2.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.15
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
688.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-302.9M+2.5%4.15
2026-09-152.8M+14.1%4.58
2026-08-312.4M+5.5%4.08
2026-08-142.3M-26.7%2.89
2026-07-313.2M+29.5%4.50
2026-07-152.4M+4.2%3.26
2026-06-302.3M+16.2%2.34
2026-06-152.0M+11.5%2.57

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)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$5.94B$5.46B$5.14B$4.54B$4.22B
Gross profit
Operating income$1.10B$866.6M$836.1M$791.1M$477.8M
Net income$782.3M$614.6M$378.2M$107.0M$243.9M
Diluted EPS$7.93$6.20$3.81$1.07$2.48

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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$439.6M$171.7M$207.0M$208.4M$348.3M
Current assets$2.39B$2.00B$2.87B$2.01B$1.88B
Total assets$10.74B$10.15B$11.06B$10.82B$11.42B
Current liabilities$1.15B$1.02B$931.1M$861.8M$922.2M
Long-term debt$1.81B$1.92B$3.12B$3.02B$2.95B
Total liabilities$3.54B$3.53B$4.75B$4.73B$4.88B
Total equity$7.20B$6.62B$6.54B

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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$1.34B$1.15B$973.3M$756.9M$684.8M
Capital expenditure$369.0M$370.1M$360.3M$362.0M$287.6M
Free cash flow

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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2027$1.49B7.3%$200.1M—
Q4 FY20267.3%
Q3 FY2026$1.50B9.2%$192.9M$1.96
Q2 FY2026$1.46B9.9%$191.9M$1.94
Q1 FY2026$1.39B8.7%$177.4M$1.79
Q4 FY20254.3%
Q3 FY2025$1.37B5.6%$173.5M$1.75
Q2 FY2025$1.33B7.3%$150.0M$1.51

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorHealthcare
SIC industryOrthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2027 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2018
SEC CIK1757898

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-05-29
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10-K2025-05-29
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10-Q2026-08-07
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10-Q2026-02-06
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10-Q2025-11-06
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10-Q2025-08-07
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8-K2026-10-13
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8-K2026-08-06
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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.