STERICYCLE INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q3 2024.

Latest financial report
01 Nov 2024
Company Names, identifiers, and filing context for this profile. 1 identity field
Company location
Bannockburn, IL
SEC filing record 1 source field available
Fiscal year end
31 December

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STERICYCLE INC Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q3 2024
Latest reported value
Return On Invested Capital 1.6%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Why revisit this company facts page

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Latest metrics period Q3 2024
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q3 2024.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 28 Oct 2024.
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Latest update

Latest update for STERICYCLE INC

Ownership report updated

Latest ownership report period: 28 Mar 2025. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

11 Apr 2025

Page type

Ownership filings

Latest period

Q3 2024

Ownership context was refreshed from SEC Forms 3/4/5 filed on 11 Apr 2025.

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Benchmark Context

How Return On Invested Capital compares

Return On Invested Capital is up about 20% versus the comparable prior period.

Compared with

Compared with STERICYCLE INC's recent history first. Same-industry peer context appears only when enough SEC-backed benchmark coverage exists.

Why this is notable

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  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q3 2024.
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Plain-English Guide

How to read Revenue on this page

Revenue is the sales a company reports from customers before most expenses are subtracted.

Why people care

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Key facts

  • STERICYCLE INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q3 2024.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 1.6%.

Change

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: +20%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 28 Oct 2024.

Research use

  • 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.

Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2024-10-28) highlights Return On Invested Capital 1.6%, Return On Equity 0.8%, and Return On Assets 0.4%.

Valuation Snapshot

SEC-only DCF estimate using a normalized free cash flow base, cash, debt, and reported share count when available.

No market comparison No market comparison Low confidence

Fair value per share

$4.88

Market price

n/a

PEG ratio

n/a

Enterprise value

$1.78B

Equity value

$452.6M

DCF fair value scenarios

Bear

$0.0181

No market comparison
Growth
1%
Discount
11%
Terminal
2%

Base

$4.88

No market comparison
Growth
4%
Discount
10%
Terminal
2.5%

Bull

$12.54

No market comparison
Growth
7%
Discount
9%
Terminal
3%

Base growth: DCF Growth Assumption.

Key valuation metrics

EV/Revenue

n/a

Market price market EV / SEC revenue

Market enterprise value is unavailable

EV/EBITDA

n/a

Market price market EV / SEC EBITDA

Market enterprise value is unavailable

P/E

n/a

Market price market price / SEC EPS

Market cap is unavailable

P/S

n/a

Market price market cap / SEC revenue

Market cap is unavailable

P/B

n/a

Market price market cap / SEC equity

Market cap is unavailable

PEG

n/a

P/E / DCF Growth Assumption

P/e or positive growth is unavailable

Core assumptions

Projection
5 years
FCF growth
4%
Discount rate
10%
Terminal growth
2.5%

SEC fact inputs

DCF base FCF
$122.07M
Normalized SEC FCF average
Reported FCF
$1.3M
Net income
n/a
EBITDA
$330M
Cash
$34.3M
Debt
$1.36B
Equity
$2.55B
Shares
92,700,000

Data confidence notes

  • Dcf base free cash flow: dcf base starts from trailing sec free cash flow
  • Dcf base free cash flow: trailing free cash flow is below recent annual free cash flow, so dcf uses a normalized sec average
  • Dcf base free cash flow: capital expenditures consume more than half of operating cash flow
  • Dcf confidence is low for this sec-only free cash flow estimate
  • Ticker missing for issuer
  • Peg uses dcf growth assumption because historical sec growth is not positive
  • Dcf uses fallback growth assumption because historical free cash flow growth is not positive
  • Peg unavailable: net income is missing

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Financial Quality Score

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

34.8/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

1.6%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Equity

0.8%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

0.38%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.2x
Quick Ratio
0.92x
Debt to Equity
0.53x

Strengths

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

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 1.6% +20%
Return On Equity 0.8% -582%
Return On Assets 0.38% -598%
Operating Margin 4.4% +19%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.2x +33%
Quick Ratio 0.92x +20%
Debt-to-equity 0.53x +1.6%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY -1.9%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 92,837,446 +0.34%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 92,800,000 +0.32%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $900,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 92,700,000 +0.22%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 92,700,000 -0.22%

Supporting Metrics

These supporting metrics stay fully source-backed for deeper research. Scan the latest value and reported period first, then open a metric page when you need the full filing trail.

Metric Latest value YoY change
Accounts Payable, Current $186,000,000 -8.1%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $605,000,000 +30%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $209,100,000 -4.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $170,900,000 +19%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $110,900,000 -2.3%
Assets $5,483,400,000 +4.5%
Assets, Current $837,700,000 +43%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $34,300,000 +15%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $34,300,000 +15%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 120,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 92,800,000 +0.32%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $61,100,000 -50%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $80,400,000 +24%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $397,700,000 -6.7%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0 -850%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0 -850%
Goodwill $2,734,900,000 -0.13%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $39,300,000 +86%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $19,100,000 -24%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $584,100,000 -18%
Liabilities $2,928,600,000 +5.7%
Liabilities and Equity $5,483,400,000 +4.5%
Liabilities, Current $698,500,000 +7.4%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $1,359,400,000 +4.8%
Operating Income (Loss) $115,500,000 +16%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $113,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $439,100,000 +22%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $531,300,000 +20%
Other Assets, Current $49,000,000 -5.8%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $67,900,000 +1.5%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $33,900,000 +28%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,394,700,000 +1.5%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $2,626,900,000 -1.9%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $2,554,400,000 +3.2%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $2,554,800,000 +3.2%

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
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