Growth Metrics

Steris (STE) Debt to Equity (2018 - 2026)

Steris' quarterly Debt to Equity came in at $0.26 in Q4 2025, down 21.31% year-on-year from $0.34 in Q4 2024, and down 1.97% quarter-over-quarter from $0.27 in Q3 2025.

Steris has reported Debt to Equity for 8 years, with the latest figure at $0.26 in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Debt to Equity fell 21.31% year-over-year to $0.26; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $0.26 (down 21.31% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.31, down 39.04% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q4 2025 stood at $0.26, down from $0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt to Equity was $0.56 in Q3 2023, with the low at $0.26 in Q4 2025.
  • Average Debt to Equity over 5 years is $0.43, with a median of $0.47 recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Debt to Equity soared 89.47% in 2021 and plunged 39.09% in 2024.
  • Tracing STE's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $0.5 in 2021, then increased by 1.5% to $0.51 in 2022, then rose by 1.72% to $0.51 in 2023, then slumped by 34.63% to $0.34 in 2024, then slipped by 21.31% to $0.26 in 2025.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.26 (Q4 2025), $0.27 (Q3 2025), and $0.27 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 152.82 Bn 146.17 Bn 6.27 Bn 0.65
2 Stryker 115.07 Bn 112.19 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.64
3 Medtronic 95.25 Bn 87.08 Bn 5.76 Bn 0.57
4 Boston Scientific 71.38 Bn 70.17 Bn 3.61 Bn 0.42
5 Edwards Lifesciences 51.08 Bn 47.41 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.06
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn -
7 Dexcom 28.84 Bn 27.72 Bn 750.30 Mn -
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.56 Bn 26.49 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.95
9 Steris 20.71 Bn 20.30 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.27
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 16.17 Bn 15.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 0.59

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.27
Dec 31, 2025 0.26
Sep 30, 2025 0.27
Jun 30, 2025 0.27
Mar 31, 2025 0.31
Dec 31, 2024 0.34
Sep 30, 2024 0.34
Jun 30, 2024 0.36
Mar 31, 2024 0.51
Dec 31, 2023 0.51
Sep 30, 2023 0.56
Jun 30, 2023 0.47
Mar 31, 2023 0.51
Dec 31, 2022 0.51
Sep 30, 2022 0.52
Jun 30, 2022 0.47
Mar 31, 2022 0.47
Dec 31, 2021 0.50
Sep 30, 2021 0.53
Jun 30, 2021 0.52
Mar 31, 2021 0.42
Dec 31, 2020 0.44
Sep 30, 2020 0.28
Jun 30, 2020 0.30
Mar 31, 2020 0.69
Dec 31, 2019 0.33
Sep 30, 2019 0.37
Jun 30, 2019 0.37
Mar 31, 2019 148.13
Mar 31, 2018 0.64