Penumbra, Inc. (PEN) vs STERIS plc (STE)

Penumbra, Inc. and STERIS plc are both Medical Devices companies. STERIS plc is the larger, with a market value of $24.8B against $12.7B — 2.0× the size. STERIS plc trades at the lower P/E: 30.0× against 80.3×. Penumbra, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.0% against 8.12%. STERIS plc has the higher net margin (13.4% vs 10.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.47% vs 12.7%). Across the 22 metrics below, STERIS plc leads on 13 and Penumbra, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric PEN STE Medical Devices median
P/E 80.35 30.00 25.58
P/S 8.10 4.01 2.54
P/B 7.98 3.40 2.48
Price to free cash flow 63.11 26.35 28.81
EV/EBITDA 57.25 15.65 11.51
EV/Sales 7.68 4.23 2.72
Earnings yield 1.24% 3.33% (12.82%)
Free cash flow yield 1.58% 3.79% (8.18%)

Profitability

Metric PEN STE Medical Devices median
Gross margin 67.98% 44.56% 57.76%
Operating margin 12.13% 18.98% (15.07%)
Net margin 10.06% 13.41% (14.45%)
Free cash flow margin 12.84% 20.92% (3.88%)
Return on equity 10.67% 11.57% (10.35%)
Return on assets 8.33% 7.83% (17.26%)
Return on invested capital 12.73% 8.47% (5.27%)

Growth

Metric PEN STE Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.98% 8.12% 10.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,155.56% 27.90% 28.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.16% 13.82% 15.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 14.51% 0.00%

Health

Metric PEN STE Medical Devices median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.26 0.04
Current ratio 5.89 2.05 2.74
Net debt to EBITDA (2.54) 0.94 0.54

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PEN STE Medical Devices median
Market cap 12.66b 24.78b 239.53m

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