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STERIS STE Price / book

Price / book at other companies

Ecolab logo
EcolabECL
7.5×-0.6×
3M logo
3MMMM
23.3×+5.5×
Boston Scientific logo
Boston ScientificBSX
3.6×-3.1×
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
2.8×+0.4×
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
3.5×-0.3×
IDEX logo
IDEXIEX
3.5×0.0×

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 price / book?
STERIS (STE) reported price / book of 3× in Q1 2026.
How has STERIS's price / book changed year-over-year?
STERIS's price / book decreased by 10.5% year-over-year, from 3.4× to 3×.
What is the long-term trend for STERIS's price / book?
Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), STERIS's price / book has grown at a -0.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 13.7× to 13.4×.
What does price / book mean?
How the market price compares to the company's accounting net worth.
How do you interpret price / book?
Below 1.0 can flag a market discount to book value (common for distressed or asset-heavy firms); high values reflect intangible value the balance sheet doesn't capture. Most informative for financials and asset-heavy businesses.
How does price / book compare across companies?
A core valuation gauge for banks and insurers; weak for asset-light firms where book value understates economic value.