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Stryker SYK Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+2.6%
Gross profit$3.8B+1.8%
Operating income$936.0M+11.8%
Net income$745.0M+13.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.93+14.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.9B+24.1%
Total debt$14.4B-15.1%
Total assets$46.3B+0.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$581.0M+132%
CapEx$166.0M+35.0%
Free cash flow$415.0M+227%

Valuation

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Market cap$115.45B-11.4%
Enterprise value$126.95B-12.4%
P/E34.6×-11.0×
P/S4.6×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin63.8%-0.1pp
Operating margin19.7%+4.4pp
Net margin13.2%+0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity32.8%
Debt / equity0.8×
Current ratio2.1×+0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Stryker’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Stryker’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Stryker's free cash flow yield?
Stryker (SYK) reported free cash flow yield of 3.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Stryker's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Stryker's free cash flow yield increased by 44.3% year-over-year, from 2.5% to 3.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Stryker's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Stryker's free cash flow yield has grown at a -0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11.7% to 11.3%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.