STERIS plc

STE Healthcare Medical Devices

STERIS plc’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $5.9 billion, up 8.73% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+8.79%
EPS
+12.8%
Free cash flow
+43.6%
Total debt
−0.21%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

253.00 1.12 −0.44%
Market cap
$24.8B
P/E
30.0×
Fwd P/E
25.1×
Dividend yield
1.02%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
5.10
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
86/100

STERIS plc (STE) Gross margin

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STERIS plc's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 44.6%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (44.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 39.3% (fiscal 2017) to 44.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is below the Medical Devices industry median of 57.8% and below the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 44.3% 0.24
FY2025 44.0% 0.85
FY2024 43.2% (0.50)
FY2023 43.7% (0.93)
FY2022 44.6% 1.37
FY2021 43.2% (0.33)
FY2020 43.6% 1.32
FY2019 42.2% 0.52
FY2018 41.7% 2.43
FY2017 39.3% (0.72)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 44.7% (1.10)
Jun 2026 45.8% 1.95
Mar 2026 43.9% 0.08
Dec 2025 43.8% (0.42)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 39.3% High 44.6%
Ten-year median 43.2%
Current reading's percentile 91

Gross margin against peers

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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