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STERIS STE EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

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EcolabECL
4.5×0.0×
3M logo
3MMMM
3.3×-0.2×
Stryker logo
StrykerSYK
5.4×-1.3×
Boston Scientific logo
Boston ScientificBSX
-1.5×
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
4.8×-2.1×
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
5.1×-0.9×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
STERIS (STE) reported EV / sales of 3.9× in Q1 2026.
How has STERIS's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
STERIS's EV / sales decreased by 12.1% year-over-year, from 4.5× to 3.9×.
What is the long-term trend for STERIS's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), STERIS's EV / sales has grown at a -9.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 25.6× to 17.5×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.