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

Sotera Health (SHC) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 28.16% for Q1 2026, down 27.0% year-over-year from 38.57% in Q1 2025, and down 21.18% on a QoQ basis from 35.73% in Q4 2025.

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

Sotera Health (SHC) has reported Operating Margin for 7 consecutive years, with 28.16% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 27.0% year-over-year to 28.16%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 33.58% (up 495.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 33.75%, up 671.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 28.16% for Q1 2026 at Sotera Health, down from 35.73% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 36.7% in Q3 2025, with the low at 15.13% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 27.69%, with a median of 28.16% recorded in 2026.
  • The largest YoY upside for Operating Margin was 962 bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of 747 bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 23.92% in 2022, then soared by 40 bps to 33.53% in 2023, then dropped by 10 bps to 30.03% in 2024, then gained by 19 bps to 35.73% in 2025, then dropped by 21 bps to 28.16% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 28.16%, 35.73%, and 36.7% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.71%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 16.93%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 22.58%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 31.78%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -13.42%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 21.74%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 12.38%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 19.16%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 25.23%
10 Sotera Health 5.06 Bn 4.74 Bn 147.07 Mn 28.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 28.16%
Dec 31, 2025 35.73%
Sep 30, 2025 36.70%
Jun 30, 2025 33.20%
Mar 31, 2025 28.43%
Dec 31, 2024 30.03%
Sep 30, 2024 28.20%
Jun 30, 2024 27.77%
Mar 31, 2024 21.43%
Dec 31, 2023 33.53%
Sep 30, 2023 28.92%
Jun 30, 2023 24.76%
Mar 31, 2023 15.13%
Dec 31, 2022 23.92%
Sep 30, 2022 25.41%
Jun 30, 2022 26.81%
Mar 31, 2022 22.59%
Dec 31, 2021 27.53%
Sep 30, 2021 29.04%
Jun 30, 2021 31.07%