SHCSotera Health Company

$18.06+16% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though returns that lean on debt.

1 to watch, 2 neutral, 1 without data
Fundamental health (F-score)6 / 9SEC EDGAR · Dec 31, 2025

Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.

Margin direction, 3 years−0.5 pts

Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.

Where ROE comes from5.2× leverage

Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 17% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Unless marked, from derived.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

FCF conversionbehind 75% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is SHC?

Sotera Health Company keeps 13% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 3.6% for the median Diagnostics & Research name.

13%

Net margin · Diagnostics & Research median 3.6% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Share count, year on year
+0.84%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Gross margin
55%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202025%
FY202128%
FY202225%
FY202326%
FY202427%
Details›
Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
55%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
13%
Free cash flow margin
9.3%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$1.22B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$113M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$163M

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.