Sotera Health (SHC) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)

Sotera Health (SHC) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 5.97% for Q1 2026, down 2266.0% year-over-year from 0.28% in Q1 2025, and down 2.43% on a QoQ basis from 5.83% in Q4 2025.

Sotera Health (SHC) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sotera Health (SHC) has reported FCF Margin for 7 consecutive years, with 5.97% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 2266.0% year-over-year to 5.97%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.57% (down 87.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 12.82%, up 872.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 5.97% for Q1 2026 at Sotera Health, down from 5.83% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 46.96% in Q3 2023, with the low at 152.66% in Q2 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 1.61%, with a median of 6.56% recorded in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin plunged 17136 bps in 2023 and surged 17551 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 41.38% in 2022, then sank by 167 bps to 27.55% in 2023, then surged by 87 bps to 3.5% in 2024, then sank by 67 bps to 5.83% in 2025, then slipped by 2 bps to 5.97% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 5.97%, 5.83%, and 33.76% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.31%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 7.41%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 18.23%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 22.61%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn 2.59%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 10.95%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 11.83%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 23.01%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 12.92%
10 Sotera Health 5.06 Bn 4.74 Bn 147.07 Mn -5.97%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.97%
Dec 31, 2025 -5.83%
Sep 30, 2025 33.76%
Jun 30, 2025 6.56%
Mar 31, 2025 16.69%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.50%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.77%
Jun 30, 2024 22.85%
Mar 31, 2024 -2.32%
Dec 31, 2023 -27.55%
Sep 30, 2023 46.96%
Jun 30, 2023 -152.66%
Mar 31, 2023 -5.05%
Dec 31, 2022 41.38%
Sep 30, 2022 26.99%
Jun 30, 2022 18.70%
Mar 31, 2022 17.09%
Dec 31, 2021 -8.82%
Sep 30, 2021 33.64%
Jun 30, 2021 35.48%