STE · Healthcare
What a holder would want to know before buying STE: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 8% above the lowest point of the past year and 20% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 25% of days and more expensive on 75%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 66% of days.
6% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 36%; the longest took 3.5 years to get back to its peak. 2 of 3 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 20% below the Jan 2026 peak.
STERIS plc · Healthcare · Medical Devices · a large company worth $20.90B
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.…
revenue profit
Sales of $5.94B in 2026, with $782.30M of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 13 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 2.6 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $26 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $18 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.22% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 4.
9 analysts: 7 say buy, 2 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $263.13 (range $232.00–$280.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 4 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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