SHC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Sotera Health Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SHC Sotera Health Co
$18.39 +0.3% 1M +9.1% 1Y
Market cap
$5.25B
P/E
32.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
–
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Percentile Scorecard

SHC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSHC
Valuation 63 #11 of 28
Growth 74 #7 of 24
Profitability 91 #3 of 22
Financial Health 44 #20 of 35
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 68
  • SHC ranked among 36 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSHCSPY
1 month +0.3% -0.8%
3 months +6.7% +3.5%
6 months +16.3% +7.0%
Year to date +4.3% +12.2%
1 year +9.1% +13.0%
3 years +47.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +13.7% +23.1%
5 years -26.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.0% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureSHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.32 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.0% -1.8%
52-week high $19.57 $779.14
52-week low $13.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSHC
P/E now vs peer median 32.1xmedian 17.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 46.6xmedian 24.8x
P/B now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.86median 0.58

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSHC
Revenue $1.22B
Gross profit $668.51M
Operating income $411.34M
Net income $163.48M
Free cash flow $112.70M
EPS (diluted) $0.57
Cash & equivalents $356.72M
Total debt $2.14B
Shares (diluted) 288.15M
Enterprise value $3.93B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSHC
P/E 32.1x
P/FCF 46.6x
P/Operating cash flow 18.0x
P/S 4.3x
P/B 7.9x
P/Tangible book 13.3x
EV/EBITDA 13.0x
EV/EBIT 17.1x
EV/Revenue 5.8x
EV/FCF 62.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 580.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 574.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSHC
Gross margin 55.0%
EBITDA margin 44.6%
Operating margin 33.8%
Pretax margin 21.7%
Net margin 13.4%
FCF margin 9.3%
Operating cash flow margin 24.0%
Return on equity 25.4%
Return on assets 5.0%
Return on invested capital 9.1%
Return on capital employed 13.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 3.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSHC
Debt / assets 64.7%
Debt / equity 3.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.3x
Debt / FCF 19.0x
Liabilities / assets 79.9%
Equity / assets 20.1%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 2.8x
Quick ratio 2.4x
Cash ratio 1.5x
Altman Z-score 1.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSHC
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield –
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSHC
Forward P/E 20.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSHC
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 316
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.9%
Institutions buying 220
Institutions selling 64
Buyers to sellers 3.44

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