STERIS plc (STE) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
STERIS plc (STE) closed at $208.93 on 25 September 2026, up 0.1%. That leaves it up 1.9% over a week, down 11.8% over a month and down 15.1% over a year. That is 19% of the way up its 52 week range of $195.14 to $269.44. The median analyst price target of $270 sits 29.2% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
STE trades below both its 50 day average of $224.30 and its 200 day average of $229.30, the shape of a downtrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 0.42, a stock that moves less than the market. It is 22.5% below its 52 week high and 7.1% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 2 firms recorded 3 actions on STE: 2 kept a view and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 1 raised and 1 lowered. The most recent targets from 3 firms run from $269 to $275, with a median of $270, 29.2% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | UBS | Maintains Buy | $275.00 to $270.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Piper Sandler | Reiterates Overweight | $270.00 to $275.00 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | UBS | Initiates Coverage On Buy | $275.00 |
| 13 May 2026 | Keybanc | Maintains Overweight | $291.00 to $269.00 |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Overweight | $276.00 to $295.00 |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Keybanc | Maintains Overweight | $277.00 to $288.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 4 November 2026 for Q2 2027, with earnings per share expected at $2.68. The last report, on 5 August 2026 for Q1 2027, showed EPS of $2.59 against $2.51 expected, a beat of 3.2%, on revenue of $1.5 billion. STERIS plc beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 6 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months STERIS plc shows revenue growth of 8.37%, a gross margin of 44.43%, an operating margin of 18.91% and a return on equity of 11.37%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 8.4% | 57th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 24.5% | 61st |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 56th |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 79th |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.3% | 75th |
| Return on equity | 11.4% | 70th |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 87th |
| Debt to equity | 0.26 | 52nd |
| Current ratio | 1.91 | 67th |
| Effective tax rate | 25.8% | 84th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About STERIS plc
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Medical Equipment
- Chief executive
- Daniel A. Carestio
- Employees
- 16,000
- Website
- steris.com
STERIS plc provides infection prevention and other procedural products and services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, and Life Sciences. The Healthcare segment offers cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products; accessories for gastrointestinal (GI) procedures, washers, sterilizers, and other pieces of capital equipment for the operation of a sterile processing department. The Life Sciences segment designs, manufactures and sells consumable products, such as formulated cleaning chemicals, and washer disinfectors.
In the same sector
Other Health Care names in the S&P 500, by market cap:
LLY Eli Lilly & Co.JNJ Johnson & JohnsonABBV AbbVie Inc.MRK Merck & Co. Inc.UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc.TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.AMGN Amgen Inc.GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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