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 110.98% quarter-over-quarter from 54.41% in Q4 2025.

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

Sotera Health's FCF Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.97% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 2266.0% year-over-year to 5.97%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.04% (down 841.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 22.5%, up 306.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 5.97%, down from 54.41% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 54.7% in Q4 2024, with the low at 131.74% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 16.69% (2025), against an average of 11.72%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin plunged 12686 bps in 2023, then surged 16163 bps in 2024.
  • Sotera Health's FCF Margin stood at 35.68% in 2022, then gained by 6 bps to 37.73% in 2023, then jumped by 45 bps to 54.7% in 2024, then decreased by 1 bps to 54.41% in 2025, then sank by 111 bps to 5.97% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SHC's FCF Margin at 5.97% in Q1 2026, 54.41% in Q4 2025, and 4.85% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 213.88 Bn 209.81 Bn 8.34 Bn 13.97%
2 Danaher 140.65 Bn 136.30 Bn 3.61 Bn 20.19%
3 Idexx Laboratories 46.02 Bn 45.83 Bn 779.09 Mn 26.51%
4 Agilent Technologies 39.85 Bn 38.05 Bn 990.00 Mn 10.95%
5 Iqvia Holdings 39.20 Bn 37.12 Bn 1.44 Bn 8.24%
6 Natera 38.80 Bn 37.70 Bn 696.04 Mn 2.59%
7 Illumina 30.11 Bn 28.94 Bn 770.00 Mn 13.89%
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.66 Bn 28.61 Bn 650.22 Mn 27.51%
9 Quest Diagnostics 26.24 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.03 Bn 15.08%
10 Sotera Health 5.12 Bn 4.80 Bn 147.07 Mn -5.97%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.97%
Dec 31, 2025 54.41%
Sep 30, 2025 -4.85%
Jun 30, 2025 23.58%
Mar 31, 2025 16.69%
Dec 31, 2024 54.70%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.77%
Jun 30, 2024 29.88%
Mar 31, 2024 -10.15%
Dec 31, 2023 37.73%
Sep 30, 2023 14.18%
Jun 30, 2023 -131.74%
Mar 31, 2023 15.40%
Dec 31, 2022 35.68%
Sep 30, 2022 54.35%
Jun 30, 2022 -4.88%
Mar 31, 2022 20.96%
Dec 31, 2021 31.71%
Sep 30, 2021 33.64%
Jun 30, 2021 30.10%