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

Sotera Health (SHC) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 52.52% for Q1 2026, down 69.0% year-over-year from 169.41% in Q1 2025, and down 3.96% on a QoQ basis from 54.68% in Q4 2025.

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

Sotera Health (SHC) has reported Gross Margin for 7 consecutive years, with 52.52% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 69.0% year-over-year to 52.52%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 55.26% (up 9.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 55.48%, up 74.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 52.52% for Q1 2026 at Sotera Health, down from 54.68% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Gross Margin was 58.05% in Q4 2023, with the low at 50.55% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 54.89%, with a median of 55.24% recorded in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 389 bps in 2023 and surged 199 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 56.33% in 2022, then advanced by 3 bps to 58.05% in 2023, then fell by 2 bps to 56.64% in 2024, then retreated by 3 bps to 54.68% in 2025, then declined by 4 bps to 52.52% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 52.52%, 54.68%, and 57.04% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 87.77%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 70.37%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 60.34%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 63.35%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn 99.91%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 53.95%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 32.64%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 66.09%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 58.68%
10 Sotera Health 5.06 Bn 4.74 Bn 147.07 Mn 52.52%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 52.52%
Dec 31, 2025 54.68%
Sep 30, 2025 57.04%
Jun 30, 2025 56.61%
Mar 31, 2025 53.21%
Dec 31, 2024 56.64%
Sep 30, 2024 55.36%
Jun 30, 2024 55.24%
Mar 31, 2024 51.22%
Dec 31, 2023 58.05%
Sep 30, 2023 55.47%
Jun 30, 2023 54.68%
Mar 31, 2023 50.55%
Dec 31, 2022 56.33%
Sep 30, 2022 54.69%
Jun 30, 2022 56.40%
Mar 31, 2022 54.43%
Dec 31, 2021 55.52%
Sep 30, 2021 55.53%
Jun 30, 2021 57.07%