Sotera Health Company (SHC)Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Broadview Heights, United States | NasdaqGS
19.27 USD
-0.21
(-1.078%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 19.27 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Sotera Health hinges entirely on a turnaround story that the market is currently pricing in aggressively. Fundamentally, the company shows signs of recovery with a positive year-over-year price change last year and improving profitability metrics, yet it remains trapped in a multi-year downtrend where the stock is still down roughly 31% from its peak four years ago. The valuation is stretched, trading at a forward P/E of 18x despite modest 9% revenue growth, suggesting investors are paying a premium for the expected acceleration in earnings. The options market confirms this narrative, with traders positioning heavily for a rally while ignoring the downside risks. However, the absence of a dividend and the lingering structural weakness from the prior years of decline prevent this from being a high-conviction buy. It is a speculative play on a recovery that has not yet fully materialized in the share price. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.084096 |
| MSTL | 0.087489 |
| AutoETS | 0.088189 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.088948 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 17.29 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.117 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.08 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 340.734 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.271 |
| Market Cap | 5,499,172,352 |
| Trailing P/E | 34.41 |
| Forward P/E | 17.93 |
| Beta | 1.78 |
| Profit Margins | 13.44% |
| Previous Name | Miss China |
| Website | https://soterahealth.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (Nov '26 $20 strike) and significant volume in far-dated calls ($25, $30 strikes in Feb '27). This suggests a bet on a substantial upside move. Conversely, put activity is minimal and concentrated only in the nearest expiration, indicating a lack of hedging demand and a sentiment skewed toward upside potential rather than downside protection.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.20544553 |
| Address1 | 9,100 South Hills Blvd |
| Address2 | Suite 300 |
| All Time High | 30.38 |
| All Time Low | 5.78 |
| Ask | 20.98 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,762,330 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,843,833 |
| Average Volume | 2,843,833 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,762,330 |
| Beta | 1.775 |
| Bid | 19.41 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 2.333 |
| City | Broadview Heights |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 19.27 |
| Current Ratio | 2.796 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 19.45 |
| Day Low | 19.27 |
| Debt To Equity | 340.734 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 5.695 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 5.737 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,709,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,709,000 |
| Ebitda | 576,577,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.47409 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.852 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 6.093 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,410,311,168 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.98463 |
| Eps Forward | 1.07487 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.56 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.9994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.2706013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.070591316 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 20.544552 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 19.85 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.5799999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.02921914 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.09 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.1800003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.47211614 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.09 - 19.85 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,605,882,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 185,228,218 |
| Forward Eps | 1.07487 |
| Forward P E | 17.92775 |
| Free Cashflow | 153,967,120 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.209999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.07802 |
| Fullday Price | 19.27 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.54969 |
| Gross Profits | 668,513,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02202 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.05668 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 285,374,795 |
| Industry | Diagnostics & Research |
| Industry Disp | Diagnostics & Research |
| Industry Key | diagnostics-research |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-11-20 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Sotera Health Company provides sterilization solutions, lab testing, and advisory services for the healthcare industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. The Sterigenics segment offers outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services using gamma irradiation, ethylene oxide processing, and electron beam irradiation technologies for medical devices, pharmaceutical, and food safety and advanced applications markets. The Nordion segment provides Cobalt-60 used in the sterilization and irradiation processes for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and high-performance materials industries, as well as in the treatment of cancer. It also offers gamma irradiation systems. The Nelson Labs segment provides outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The company was formerly known as Sotera Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Sotera Health Company in October 2020. Sotera Health Company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio. |
| Long Name | Sotera Health Company |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,499,172,352 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_34781 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-08-29 |
| Net Income To Common | 163,475,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,559,101,006 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 19.45 |
| Operating Cashflow | 292,188,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.37956002 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.31 |
| Phone | 440 262 1410 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 19.27 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,947,805 |
| Prev Name | Miss China |
| Previous Close | 19.48 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.570805 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 8.259751 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.5217023 |
| Profit Margins | 0.13442001 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.399 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.7 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.209999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.07802 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.45 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.27 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.27 - 19.45 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.45 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.48 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.27 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,388,661 |
| Return On Assets | 0.08603 |
| Return On Equity | 0.27781 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.092 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.271 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 285,374,795 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0425 |
| Shares Short | 12,116,521 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 15,837,315 |
| Short Name | Sotera Health Company |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.049000002 |
| Short Ratio | 4.06 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OH |
| Symbol | SHC |
| Target High Price | 25.0 |
| Target Low Price | 18.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 22.72222 |
| Target Median Price | 22.5 |
| Total Cash | 356,950,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.251 |
| Total Debt | 2,268,089,088 |
| Total Revenue | 1,216,173,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.56 |
| Trailing P E | 34.410713 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 16.7195 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.5505009 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.15254648 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,388,661 |
| Website | https://soterahealth.com |
| Zip | 44,147 |