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STERIS STE Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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8.9%-0.7pp
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7.4%-1.8pp
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7.2%+0.5pp
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Boston ScientificBSX
8.4%+3.2pp
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
3.8%-0.8pp
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
6.5%-0.2pp

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 return on assets?
STERIS (STE) reported return on assets of 7.5% in Q1 2026.
How has STERIS's return on assets changed year-over-year?
STERIS's return on assets increased by 29.3% year-over-year, from 5.8% to 7.5%.
What is the long-term trend for STERIS's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), STERIS's return on assets has grown at a 23.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11.9% to 27.3%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.