STE · STERIS plc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $21.71B |
| P/E | 26.97 |
| Float | 97.14M |
| Beta | 0.88 |
| Volatility | 21.9% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Health Care |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 81.3 |
| Price | 221.54 |
| Change | −0.50% |
| Prev Close | 222.66 |
| Open | 225.37 |
| Day Low | 221.10 |
| Day High | 226.72 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $150.1M |
| 52W High | 269.44 |
| 52W Low | 195.14 |
| 52W Pos | 35.5% |
| From High | −17.78% |
| From Low | +13.53% |
| Max DD 1Y | −25.78% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +4.29% |
| SMA 50 | +0.09% |
| SMA 200 | −2.08% |
| RSI (14) | 62.0 |
| Vol 30D | 20.0% |
| Vol 90D | 25.5% |
| 1Y Range | 195–269 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +3.85% |
| Perf Month | +7.03% |
| Perf Quarter | +3.82% |
| Perf Half Y | −1.39% |
| Perf Year | −5.96% |
| Perf YTD | −11.40% |
| Prev Day | −0.50% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.25 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.09 |
| Int Cover | 23.0× |
| FCF Margin | 16.4% |
| Rev Growth | +8.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 10 / 49 |
What STE does
STERIS plc provides infection prevention products and services in the United States, Ireland, and internationally.
It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, and Life Sciences.
The company offers cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products, automated endoscope reprocessing system and tracking products, endoscopy accessories, instruments, washers, and sterilizers and other pieces of capital equipment, as well as equipment used directly in the procedure rooms, including surgical tables, lights, equipment management services, and connectivity solutions; and various preventive maintenance programs, repair services, custom process improvement consulting, and outsourced instrument sterile processing, as well as instrument, devices, and endoscope repair and maintenance services.
It also provides process controls and monitoring systems, as well as integrated sterilization equipment, such as accelerators, product handling, and automation; and sterilization modalities, product development, materials testing, and process validation, as well as support services for sterilization equipment and control systems comprising installation, preventive maintenance, updates, repairs, and troubleshooting.
In addition, the company offers pharmaceutical detergents, cleanroom disinfectants and sterilants, pharmaceutical grade and research sterilizers and washers, sterility assurance and maintenance products, vaporized hydrogen peroxide room decontamination systems and sterilizers, and high purity water and pure steam generators; and preventive maintenance programs and repair services to support the operation of capital equipment.
It serves healthcare providers, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and hospitals.
The company was formerly known as New STERIS Limited and changed its name to STERIS plc in November 2015.
STERIS plc was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading daySTE grades A-, 81.3 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (69), most exposed on News Sentiment (52, mixed). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Health Care median. Ranks 10 of 49 in Health Care by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| STE | Health Care median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.88 | 0.84 |
| Volatilityannualized | 21.9% | 20.9% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −25.8% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.89% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 15 (6%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| STE | Health Care median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.88 | 0.84 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 53% of 49 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Health Care names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| STE | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.9% |
| 1 month | +7.0% |
| Year to date | −11.4% |
| 1 year | −6.0% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| STE | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 5 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 63 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 18 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 18 ↑ 3 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 49 Health Care names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| STE | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Health Care median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openSTERIS says its Healthcare segment is growing strongly, its Applied Sterilization Technologies (sterilization services) business prospects are improving, and demand from its Life Sciences customers is rising, though tariffs and rising costs are pressuring results.
No specific new event or data release was reported.
STERIS (STE) is buying Xodus Medical for $2.1 billion in cash and has lined up $2 billion in short-term bridge financing to help pay for it, expanding its specialty surgical equipment business.
Steris PLC has agreed to buy Xodus Medical Inc. and some affiliates for $2.1 billion. Jones Day is advising Steris, and Morgan Lewis & Bockius is representing Xodus.
Steris announced a $2.1bn deal to buy Xodus Medical, a maker of surgical safety devices whose flagship product is the Pink Pad patient positioning system. The acquisition is framed as a way to expand Steris's lineup of surgical safety products.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THC | Tenet Healthcare Corp | B | $21.52B | 9.60 | 1.22 | Compare |
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| LH | Labcorp Holdings Inc | A- | $25.79B | 25.73 | 0.89 | Compare |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Inc | A- | $25.94B | 24.42 | 0.56 | Compare |
| ALC | Alcon AG | B+ | $27.54B | 40.81 | 1.07 | Compare |
| GEHC | GE Healthcare Technologies Inc | B | $31.42B | 15.83 | 0.83 | Compare |
| SOLV | Solventum Corp | B+ | $14.61B | 10.18 | 0.75 | Compare |
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