SHCSotera Health Company

$18.43+16% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 53 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Average. Sotera Health Company scores higher than 43% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.

Healthcare median 29 · all companies 57

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
59
44
52
53
202220232024today

The biggest move was down 15 points from 2022 to 2023, mostly valuation.

Valuation

26% of the score

61median 56

Sotera Health Company is valued at 21x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
21x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

42median 34

Over 4 years the business earned 7.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
7.5%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
4 years agolatest 7.4%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

51median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents.

-5%
12%
3.6%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

49median 67

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 3.8% a year over 5 years: new shares
15
5%
-3%
3.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.4% a year, sales 7.3%
100
12%
-2%
-3.9%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

71median 62

Today's operating margin of 24% is 0.95x its normal 26%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 6 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
7 years agonow 24%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

0median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA4.5x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
4.5x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

94median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.09x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.6% of assets
93
8%
0%
-8%
-6.6%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.78
89
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.78
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.