Steris (STE) Gross Margin (2018 - 2026)

Steris (STE) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 43.89% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 43.81% in Q4 2025, and up 58.0% on a YoY basis from 27.78% in Q1 2025.

Steris (STE) Gross Margin (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Steris' Gross Margin history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 43.89% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 58.0% year-over-year to 43.89%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 44.25% (up 24.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 44.25%, up 24.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 43.89% for Q1 2026 at Steris, roughly flat from 43.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 47.21% in Q1 2022 to a low of 41.07% in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 44.02% across 5 years, with a median of 44.11% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin surged 408 bps in 2022, then slumped 457 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 42.99% in 2022, then gained by 0 bps to 43.15% in 2023, then advanced by 3 bps to 44.53% in 2024, then decreased by 2 bps to 43.81% in 2025, then grew by 0 bps to 43.89% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 43.89% (Q1 2026), 43.81% (Q4 2025), and 44.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 154.42 Bn 147.76 Bn 6.27 Bn 56.20%
2 Stryker 118.12 Bn 115.25 Bn 3.81 Bn 63.29%
3 Medtronic 101.72 Bn 93.55 Bn 5.76 Bn 63.83%
4 Boston Scientific 67.19 Bn 65.98 Bn 3.61 Bn 69.46%
5 Edwards Lifesciences 50.69 Bn 47.02 Bn 1.29 Bn 78.01%
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 45.22%
7 Dexcom 28.09 Bn 26.97 Bn 750.30 Mn 62.95%
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.08 Bn 26.02 Bn 1.98 Bn 38.53%
9 Steris 19.80 Bn 19.37 Bn 697.10 Mn 43.89%
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.18 Bn 16.77 Bn 1.51 Bn 72.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 43.89%
Dec 31, 2025 43.81%
Sep 30, 2025 44.23%
Jun 30, 2025 45.14%
Mar 31, 2025 43.31%
Dec 31, 2024 44.53%
Sep 30, 2024 43.55%
Jun 30, 2024 44.74%
Mar 31, 2024 41.07%
Dec 31, 2023 43.15%
Sep 30, 2023 44.11%
Jun 30, 2023 44.70%
Mar 31, 2023 42.65%
Dec 31, 2022 42.99%
Sep 30, 2022 44.21%
Jun 30, 2022 45.06%
Mar 31, 2022 47.21%
Dec 31, 2021 44.51%
Sep 30, 2021 40.13%
Jun 30, 2021 44.02%