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STERIS plc (STE)

Healthcare | Medical Devices | Mentor, United States | NYSE
233.78 USD +0.81 (0.348%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 233.78
Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:08 a.m. EDT

STERIS presents a compelling long-term case driven by consistent double-digit earnings growth and a resilient balance sheet, even if the trailing valuation remains elevated. The company has navigated a nine-year trajectory with a massive 258 percent cumulative gain and zero consecutive years of decline, signaling robust market validation of its business quality. Technically, the stock has reclaimed ground above the 200-day average, aligning with the bullish analyst consensus and recent options flow targeting the 250 level. While the dividend yield is modest, the payout ratio is comfortably sustainable, providing a safety margin for income investors. The primary tension lies in the statistical forecast which remains neutral, suggesting the current price action may be ahead of the immediate earnings cycle, but the fundamental growth engine appears intact.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.029104
MSTL0.029210
AutoARIMA0.029621
AutoTheta0.036604

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 4.18
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.101
Excess Kurtosis 0.08
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-07
Debt to Equity Ratio 28.312
Revenue per Share 61.607
Market Cap 22,793,576,448
Trailing P/E 28.48
Forward P/E 19.09
Beta 0.91
Profit Margins 13.33%
Website https://www.steris.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:08 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with heavy call open interest at the 250 and 270 strikes, while put buyers are establishing a floor around 210 to 220. Implied volatility remains elevated, suggesting uncertainty around the near-term catalysts.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.30% 0.82% 0.92% 0.90%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-08 0.63 0.299957
2026-02-17 0.63 0.256713
2025-09-04 0.63 0.258844
2025-06-10 0.57 0.235187
2025-02-20 0.57 0.258164
2024-11-19 0.57 0.268868
2024-09-05 0.57 0.238444
2024-06-12 0.52 0.230252
2024-02-22 0.52 0.220311
2023-11-20 0.52 0.260260
2023-09-05 0.52 0.232517
2023-06-13 0.47 0.226408
2023-02-23 0.47 0.250200
2022-11-21 0.47 0.265222
2022-09-06 0.47 0.238107
2022-06-13 0.43 0.203570
2022-02-24 0.43 0.187601
2021-11-22 0.43 0.186179
2021-09-02 0.43 0.197184
2021-05-27 0.40 0.209545
2021-02-23 0.40 0.230854
2020-11-23 0.40 0.211539
2020-08-26 0.40 0.259286
2020-06-11 0.37 0.247773
2020-02-24 0.37 0.220948
2019-11-25 0.37 0.244224
2019-09-09 0.37 0.254681
2019-06-11 0.34 0.242079
2019-02-26 0.34 0.282017
2018-11-27 0.34 0.296141
2018-08-28 0.34 0.295832
2018-06-07 0.31 0.296084
2018-02-27 0.31 0.336847
2017-11-21 0.31 0.349966
2017-08-25 0.31 0.365092
2017-06-05 0.28 0.354161
2017-02-24 0.28 0.398577
2016-11-21 0.28 0.419853
2016-08-26 0.28 0.399202
2016-06-06 0.25 0.355771
2016-02-26 0.25 0.387357
2015-10-28 0.25 0.351914
2015-08-21 0.25 0.388682
2015-06-01 0.23 0.340943
2015-02-23 0.23 0.350931
2014-11-24 0.23 0.363349
2014-08-22 0.23 0.415538
2014-06-03 0.21 0.402607
2014-02-24 0.21 0.464705
2013-11-18 0.21 0.469484
2013-08-26 0.21 0.493073
2013-05-31 0.19 0.419056
2013-02-25 0.19 0.492228
2012-11-19 0.19 0.574018
2012-08-21 0.19 0.553936
2012-06-01 0.17 0.586005
2012-02-24 0.17 0.529101
2011-11-21 0.17 0.607794
2011-08-19 0.17 0.594198
2011-06-03 0.15 0.435414
2011-02-25 0.15 0.439367
2010-11-22 0.15 0.435035
2010-08-20 0.15 0.509857
2010-05-25 0.11 0.350989
2010-02-19 0.11 0.347991
2009-11-20 2.11 6.628966
2009-08-18 0.11 0.388555
2009-05-19 0.11 0.457380
2009-02-09 0.08 0.286533
2008-11-06 0.08 0.240240
2008-08-12 0.08 0.216450
2008-05-12 0.06 0.190476
2008-02-08 0.06 0.258621
2007-11-09 0.06 0.221811
2007-08-13 0.06 0.211566
2007-05-14 0.05 0.182017
2007-02-09 0.05 0.190404
2006-11-13 0.05 0.198413
2006-08-14 0.04 0.177620
2006-05-15 0.04 0.172414
2006-02-06 0.04 0.156556
2005-11-14 0.04 0.161681
2005-08-10 0.04 0.154381
2005-05-26 0.04 0.165769
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.58
dividendYield 1.11
exDividendDate 2026-09-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.010816843
lastDividendValue 0.63
lastDividendDate 2026-06-08
dividendDate 2026-09-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.03739363
Address1 5,960 Heisley Road
All Time High 269.44
All Time Low 1.8125
Ask 245.0
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 603,240
Average Daily Volume3 Month 772,646
Average Volume 772,646
Average Volume10Days 603,240
Beta 0.914
Bid 233.71
Bid Size 600
Board Risk 3
Book Value 73.915
City Mentor
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 233.78
Current Ratio 1.906
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 234.07
Day Low 230.78
Debt To Equity 28.312
Display Name STERIS
Dividend Date 1,790,294,400
Dividend Rate 2.58
Dividend Yield 1.11
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,021,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,021,200
Earnings Growth 0.14
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.128
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Ebitda 1,640,499,968
Ebitda Margins 0.27172002
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.855
Enterprise To Revenue 4.036
Enterprise Value 24,370,276,352
Eps Current Year 11.17167
Eps Forward 12.24711
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.21
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,480,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 222.2346
Fifty Day Average Change 11.545395
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.051951382
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.739363
Fifty Two Week High 269.44
Fifty Two Week High Change -35.660004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.13234858
Fifty Two Week Low 195.14
Fifty Two Week Low Change 38.64
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.19801168
Fifty Two Week Range 195.14 - 269.44
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 707,405,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.9
Float Shares 97,082,810
Forward Eps 12.24711
Forward P E 19.088585
Free Cashflow 798,862,528
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 17,937
Fullday Change 0.809998
Fullday Change Percent 0.347683
Fullday Price 233.78
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.44422
Gross Profits 2,681,999,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00307
Held Percent Institutions 1.00449
Implied Shares Outstanding 97,500,110
Industry Medical Devices
Industry Disp Medical Devices
Industry Key medical-devices
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,876,800
Last Dividend Value 0.63
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Last Split Date 904,003,200
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary STERIS plc provides infection prevention products and services in the United States, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, and Life Sciences. The company offers cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products, automated endoscope reprocessing system and tracking products, endoscopy accessories, instruments, washers, and sterilizers and other pieces of capital equipment, as well as equipment used directly in the procedure rooms, including surgical tables, lights, equipment management services, and connectivity solutions; and various preventive maintenance programs, repair services, custom process improvement consulting, and outsourced instrument sterile processing, as well as instrument, devices, and endoscope repair and maintenance services. It also provides process controls and monitoring systems, as well as integrated sterilization equipment, such as accelerators, product handling, and automation; and sterilization modalities, product development, materials testing, and process validation, as well as support services for sterilization equipment and control systems comprising installation, preventive maintenance, updates, repairs, and troubleshooting. In addition, the company offers pharmaceutical detergents, cleanroom disinfectants and sterilants, pharmaceutical grade and research sterilizers and washers, sterility assurance and maintenance products, vaporized hydrogen peroxide room decontamination systems and sterilizers, and high purity water and pure steam generators; and preventive maintenance programs and repair services to support the operation of capital equipment. It serves healthcare providers, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and hospitals. The company was formerly known as New STERIS Limited and changed its name to STERIS plc in November 2015. STERIS plc was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.
Long Name STERIS plc
Market us_market
Market Cap 22,793,576,448
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_34783
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 805,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 22,714,600,626
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 233.0
Operating Cashflow 1,288,499,968
Operating Margins 0.19153
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.3081
Peg Ratio 1.97
Phone 440 354 2600
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 233.78
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 232.97
Price Eps Current Year 20.926146
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.162822
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.7753336
Profit Margins 0.13333
Quick Ratio 1.165
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.88889
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.809998
Regular Market Change Percent 0.347683
Regular Market Day High 234.07
Regular Market Day Low 230.78
Regular Market Day Range 230.78 - 234.07
Regular Market Open 233.0
Regular Market Previous Close 232.97
Regular Market Price 233.78
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 339,455
Return On Assets 0.06797
Return On Equity 0.11389
Revenue Growth 0.073
Revenue Per Share 61.607
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 97,500,110
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0238
Shares Short 2,316,345
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,439,561
Short Name STERIS plc (Ireland)
Short Percent Of Float 0.0238
Short Ratio 3.07
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol STE
Target High Price 280.0
Target Low Price 232.0
Target Mean Price 263.125
Target Median Price 269.5
Total Cash 482,300,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.947
Total Debt 2,044,499,968
Total Revenue 6,037,499,904
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.010816843
Trailing Eps 8.21
Trailing P E 28.47503
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.943
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 233.8669
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.0868988
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.00037157375
Type Disp Equity
Volume 339,455
Website https://www.steris.com
Zip 44,060