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STERIS STE Earnings yield

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2.7%+0.6pp
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3.8%+2.5pp
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3.2%0.0pp
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3.8%+0.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+7.3%
Gross profit$697.2M+8.8%
Operating income$316.8M+46.6%
Net income$220.2M+51.2%
EPS (diluted)$2.24+52.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$439.6M+156%
Total debt$2.1B-10.3%
Total equity$7.2B+8.8%
Total assets$10.7B+5.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$335.4M+28.6%
CapEx$90.2M+27.2%
Free cash flow$245.2M+29.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$19.43B-2.6%
Enterprise value$21.08B-4.5%
P/E24.8×-7.6×
P/S3.3×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.2%+0.2pp
Operating margin18.6%+2.7pp
Net margin13.2%+1.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.3%+1.8pp
Debt / equity0.3×-0.1×
Current ratio2.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from STERIS’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: STERIS’s 10-K, filed May 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is STERIS's earnings yield?
STERIS (STE) reported earnings yield of 3.6% in Q1 2026.
How has STERIS's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
STERIS's earnings yield increased by 30.7% year-over-year, from 2.8% to 3.6%.
What is the long-term trend for STERIS's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), STERIS's earnings yield has grown at a 26.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.8% to 12%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.