STERIS plc
Rank #288Capital ReturnSTE · NYSE · Healthcare
STERIS plc (STE) — Rank #288 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.24) · ROE 10.9% · Piotroski F-Score 9 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001757898 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
STERIS plc provides infection prevention products and services in the United States, Ireland, and internationally.
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It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, and Life Sciences. The company offers cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products, automated endoscope reprocessing system and tracking products, endoscopy accessories, instruments, washers, and sterilizers and other pieces of capital equipment, as well as equipment used directly in the procedure rooms, including surgical tables, lights, equipment management services, and connectivity solutions; and various preventive maintenance programs, repair services, custom process improvement consulting, and outsourced instrument sterile processing, as well as instrument, devices, and endoscope repair and maintenance services. It also provides process controls and monitoring systems, as well as integrated sterilization equipment, such as accelerators, product handling, and automation; and sterilization modalities, product development, materials testing, and process validation, as well as support services for sterilization equipment and control systems comprising installation, preventive maintenance, updates, repairs, and troubleshooting. In addition, the company offers pharmaceutical detergents, cleanroom disinfectants and sterilants, pharmaceutical grade and research sterilizers and washers, sterility assurance and maintenance products, vaporized hydrogen peroxide room decontamination systems and sterilizers, and high purity water and pure steam generators; and preventive maintenance programs and repair services to support the operation of capital equipment. It serves healthcare providers, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and hospitals. The company was formerly known as New STERIS Limited and changed its name to STERIS plc in November 2015.
STERIS plc was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.
- Industry
- Medical Devices
- Sector
- Healthcare
- State
- L2
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- March 31
- Website
- steris.com
Financials
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2026-03-31filed 2026-05-29 | 2025-03-31filed 2025-05-29 | 2024-03-31filed 2024-05-29 | 2023-03-31filed 2023-05-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||
| Cash & equivalents | 439.6 | 171.7 | 207.0 | 208.4 |
| Accounts receivable | 1,092.8 | 1,044.0 | 1,008.3 | 928.3 |
| Inventory | 631.8 | 581.3 | 674.5 | 695.5 |
| Total current assets | 2,394.6 | 2,000.8 | 2,869.1 | 2,011.4 |
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 2,161.2 | 1,956.5 | 1,765.2 | 1,705.5 |
| Goodwill | 4,194.8 | 4,095.7 | 4,070.7 | 3,879.2 |
| Intangible assets (excl. goodwill) | 1,620.0 | 1,854.4 | 2,119.3 | 2,955.8 |
| Total assets | 10,737.2 | 10,146.8 | 11,063.7 | 10,821.8 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable | 338.8 | 280.8 | 251.7 | 279.6 |
| Accrued liabilities | 401.9 | 368.1 | 319.7 | 317.8 |
| Deferred revenue | 59.1 | 57.5 | 70.5 | 92.3 |
| Total current liabilities | 1,145.0 | 1,022.2 | 931.1 | 861.8 |
| Total debt | 1,931.7 | 2,043.7 | 3,206.1 | 3,078.7 |
| Total liabilities | 3,540.0 | 3,531.1 | 4,748.4 | 4,734.7 |
| Equity | ||||
| Retained earnings | 3,015.9 | 2,475.3 | 2,087.6 | 1,911.5 |
| Total shareholders' equity | 7,197.2 | 6,615.8 | 6,315.3 | 6,087.2 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?