Valuation
26% of the score
76median 56
STERIS plc is valued at 16x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
16x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
STESTERIS plc
$211.02-13% 1Y
$211.02
$199.4052 weeks$267.17
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 69 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. STERIS plc scores higher than 72% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital.
Healthcare median 29 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time62
45
53
54
57
65
69
202120222023202420252026today
The biggest move was down 17 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
39median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 7.1% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
7.1%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 9%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
95median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 11 cents. New capital earned 31%, and 36% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
11%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
56median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 2.8% a year over 5 years: new shares
275%
-3%
2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 10% a year, sales 14%
10012%
-2%
-3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
51median 62
Today's operating margin of 19% is 1.18x its normal 16%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 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
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 19%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
95median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.9x a year of EBITDA
914.5x
0.5x
0.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 19x
1001.5x
12x
18.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
90median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.95x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.3% of assets
878%
0%
-8%
-5.3%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.68
84-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.68
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 FY2026.