STERIS (Ireland) Financial Ratios
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STERIS (Ireland) ratio analysis
STERIS (Ireland) earned a net margin of 13.2% in FY 2026, up from 11.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 44.2% compared with a median of 43.2% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 10.9%, meaning STERIS (Ireland) generated 0.11 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.27 versus 0.31 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.09. At the end of FY 2026, STE traded at 27.6 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 27.5 to 178.8, with a median of 38.9. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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STERIS (Ireland) financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 27.58 | 34.29 | 59.01 | 178.77 | 100.00 | 41.79 | 29.14 | 36.06 | 27.54 | 54.27 |
| Price / sales | 3.62 | 3.84 | 4.32 | 4.20 | 5.73 | 5.31 | 3.88 | 3.89 | 3.03 | 2.27 |
| Price / book | 2.99 | 3.17 | 3.52 | 3.14 | 3.70 | 4.25 | 3.45 | 3.41 | 2.48 | 2.11 |
| Gross margin | 44.2% | 44.0% | 43.2% | 43.7% | 44.6% | 43.2% | 43.6% | 42.2% | 41.7% | 39.3% |
| Operating margin | 18.6% | 15.9% | 16.3% | 17.4% | 11.3% | 17.6% | 17.7% | 14.8% | 15.3% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 11.3% | 7.4% | 2.4% | 5.8% | 12.8% | 13.5% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 4.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.4% | 14.3% | 11.9% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 14.5% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 11.2% | 9.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.9% | 9.3% | 6.0% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 10.2% | 12.0% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 3.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 7.3% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 6.0% | 5.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.41 | — |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 1.96 | 3.08 | 2.33 | 2.04 | 2.10 | 2.43 | 2.27 | 2.48 | — |
| Revenue growth | 8.7% | 6.2% | 13.3% | 7.4% | 35.9% | 2.5% | 8.9% | 6.2% | 0.3% | — |
| EPS growth | 27.9% | 62.7% | 256.1% | -56.9% | -46.4% | -2.7% | 34.1% | 4.7% | 164.8% | — |