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Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW) vs STERIS plc (STE)

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and STERIS plc are both Medical Devices companies. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $58.1B against $24.8B — 2.3× the size. STERIS plc trades at the lower P/E: 30.0× against 56.7×. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against 8.12%. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation has the higher net margin (15.3% vs 13.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.79% vs 8.47%). Across the 22 metrics below, STERIS plc leads on 14 and Edwards Lifesciences Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
P/E 56.69 30.00 25.58
P/S 8.66 4.01 2.54
P/B 5.28 3.40 2.48
Price to free cash flow 41.48 26.35 28.81
EV/EBITDA 33.98 15.65 11.51
EV/Sales 8.21 4.23 2.72
Earnings yield 1.76% 3.33% (12.82%)
Free cash flow yield 2.41% 3.79% (8.18%)

Profitability

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
Gross margin 78.02% 44.56% 57.76%
Operating margin 21.59% 18.98% (15.07%)
Net margin 15.30% 13.41% (14.45%)
Free cash flow margin 21.34% 20.92% (3.88%)
Return on equity 9.65% 11.57% (10.35%)
Return on assets 7.45% 7.83% (17.26%)
Return on invested capital 7.79% 8.47% (5.27%)

Growth

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.44% 8.12% 10.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.74%) 27.90% 28.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.82% 15.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.45% 14.51% 0.00%

Health

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
Debt to equity 0.05 0.26 0.04
Current ratio 4.60 2.05 2.74
Net debt to EBITDA (2.55) 0.94 0.54

Dividend

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
Dividend yield — 1.02% 1.02%
Payout ratio — 0.31 0.37

Size

Metric EW STE Medical Devices median
Market cap 58.11b 24.78b 239.53m

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