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STERIS plc STE

Healthcare  —  Medical Devices
208.93 0.16 0.08% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$20.4B
P/E
25.4×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y) Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (10y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

STERIS plc (STE) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, STERIS plc (STE) trades at a price to free cash flow of 21.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.8× (June 2015) to 61.8× (April 2022); the current reading is higher than 12% of that period. That is in line with the Medical Devices industry median of 22.5× and above the Healthcare sector median of 19.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 22.1× (22.18%)
FY2025 28.4× (19.35%)
FY2024 35.2× (24.41%)
FY2023 46.6× (21.21%)
FY2022 59.1× 64.22%
FY2021 36.0× 15.31%
FY2020 31.2× 2.91%
FY2019 30.3× 15.32%
FY2018 26.3× 13.42%
FY2017 23.2× (40.40%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 22.0× (0.62%)
Mar 2026 22.1× (16.88%)
Dec 2025 26.6× 5.93%
Sep 2025 25.1× (2.55%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.8× High 61.8×
Ten-year median 32.0×
Current reading's percentile 12

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SNN Smith & Nephew SNATS, Inc. compare 6.0×
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare 12.9×
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. compare 16.9×
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare 19.1×
STE STERIS plc 21.8×
DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare 23.6×
BIO.B Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. compare 27.5×
BIO Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. compare 28.7×
PEN Penumbra, Inc. compare 58.1×
Medical Devices industry median 22.5×
Healthcare sector median 19.5×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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