STERIS plc financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
STE on NYSE
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Fiscal year end
31 March
Latest financial report
06 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • STE - STERIS plc financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 10%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+43%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 02 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-02) highlights Return On Equity 10.4%, Return On Assets 6.9%, and Operating Margin 17.2%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

67.0/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

10%

Metric score 14.3/100

Return On Assets

6.9%

Metric score 60.9/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.48x
Quick Ratio
1.53x
Debt to Equity
0.5x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

10%

YoY: +43%

Industry median: -56% (n=37)

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Return On Assets

6.9%

YoY: +58%

Industry median: -39% (n=37)

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Operating Margin

17%

YoY: +6.5%

Industry median: -43% (n=28)

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Current Ratio

2.48x

YoY: +16%

Industry median: 2.67x (n=37)

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Quick Ratio

1.53x

YoY: +28%

Industry median: 1.61x (n=32)

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Debt-to-equity

0.5x

YoY: -19%

Industry median: 0.38x (n=32)

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Revenues YoY

8%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.3% (n=28)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

51%

YoY:

Industry median: -2.1% (n=37)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 10% +43%
Return On Assets 6.9% +58%
Operating Margin 17% +6.5%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.48x +16%
Quick Ratio 1.53x +28%
Debt-to-equity 0.5x -19%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 8%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 51%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 98,075,025 -0.18%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 98,100,000 -0.15%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $4,339,800,000 -1.5%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 98,200,000 -0.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 98,600,000 -0.3%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Cost of Revenue $840,700,000 +11%
Research and Development Expense $111,748,000 +4%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,001,141,000 +15%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $60,934,000 +25%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $940,207,000 +19%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $228,450,000 +33%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 7.2 +52%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 7.17 +52%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $423,700,000 +173%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $990,600,000 +8.2%
Inventory, Net $673,500,000 +3.7%
Assets, Current $2,286,200,000 +20%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $2,133,200,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $154,900,000 +0.66%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $1,691,500,000 -12%
Goodwill $4,232,000,000 +4.6%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $93,600,000 +38%
Assets $10,591,400,000 +5.8%
Accounts Payable, Current $285,100,000 +20%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $188,000,000 +17%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $405,000,000 +21%
Liabilities, Current $922,300,000 +3.5%
Accrued Income Taxes, Noncurrent $1,900,000 -71%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $67,400,000 -7.8%
Liabilities $3,423,500,000 -4.4%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $42,700,000 +89%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $2,857,400,000 +20%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $7,154,500,000 +12%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $7,167,900,000 +12%
Liabilities and Equity $10,591,400,000 +5.8%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 98,100,000
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $423,700,000 +173%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,039,260,000 +200%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $4,050,700,000 +12%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $34,400,000 +6%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY