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How STERIS plc stacks up
STE · against 99 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Valuation
65/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #40 of 100 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score20 peers with a valuation score of 60–69, including STE · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 65?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its free cash flow yield, earnings yield and EBITDA yield, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 66% of peers. Earnings yield: 3.6% vs peer median 1.5%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 66% of peers. EBITDA yield: 6.8% vs peer median 4.0%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 75% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 4.1% vs peer median 0.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = STE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | STE | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 98 reported | 3.5% | 3.2% | 58% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 100 reported | 6.8% | 5.8% | 67% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 62 reported | 4.1% | 3.9% | 52% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 94 reported | 31.9% | 21.6% | 66% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around STE| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89.5B HKD (≈$11.5B) | 98 | 67 | |
| 2 | 21.5B USD | 95 | 60 | |
| 3 | 11.6B USD | 94 | 58 | |
| 3 | 68.0B BRL (≈$12.2B) | 94 | 67 | |
| 5 | 4.61T JPY (≈$31.3B) | 93 | 76 | |
| 36 | 133.4B BRL (≈$24.0B) | 67 | 49 | |
| 38 | 83.0B CNY (≈$11.6B) | 66 | 62 | |
| 38 | 27.3B USD | 66 | 55 | |
| 40 | 177.2B HKD (≈$22.7B) | 65 | 73 | |
| 40 | 22.6B USD | 65 | 59 | |
| 42 | 225.2B CNY (≈$31.5B) | 64 | 63 | |
| 42 | 193.6B HKD (≈$24.8B) | 64 | 78 | |
| 42 | 16.8B USD | 64 | 75 | |
| 45 | 111.7B DKK (≈$16.8B) | 63 | 53 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score