Sotera Health (SHC) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)
Sotera Health (SHC) recorded FCF Margin of 17.76% in Q3 2026, up 6.53 percentage points from 11.24% a year earlier and up 4.68 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sotera Health (SHC) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Sotera Health's FCF Margin came in at 11.01% as of Sep 30, 2026, up 3.48 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 12.82%, up 8.72 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has a five-year change of +4.62 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, FCF Margin came in at 4.10% in FY2024 (+38.66 pp), -34.57% in FY2023 (-44.09 pp), 9.52% in FY2022 (-9.73 pp) and 19.26% in FY2021 (+11.06 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly FCF Margin since Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin rose in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.04 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Margin in the last five years was a gain of 159.66 percentage points in Q2 2024, against a drop of 160.98 percentage points in Q2 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 13.08% (Q2 2026), -5.97% (Q1 2026) and 17.27% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 106.13 Bn | 102.23 Bn | - | 15.64% |
| 2 | Natera | 44.93 Bn | 40.56 Bn | 513.47 Mn | 0.66% |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 29.97 Bn | 28.06 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 10.82% |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 28.09 Bn | 25.85 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 14.37% |
| 5 | Tenet Healthcare | 22.72 Bn | 12.03 Bn | - | 19.23% |
| 6 | Guardant Health | 20.11 Bn | 15.73 Bn | 236.15 Mn | -10.30% |
| 7 | BrightSpring Health Services | 13.90 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 518.55 Mn | 4.33% |
| 8 | Tempus AI | 13.80 Bn | 10.95 Bn | 266.70 Mn | -0.03% |
| 9 | Encompass Health | 13.52 Bn | 13.15 Bn | - | 7.92% |
| 10 | Sotera Health | 4.58 Bn | 3.16 Bn | 180.79 Mn | 17.76% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 17.76% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.08% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -5.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.24% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.99% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.50% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -10.15% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.57% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -152.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -5.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.57% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.32% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.40% |
API Access
Sotera Health FCF Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=SHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "SHC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=SHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();