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STERIS plc: source evidence dated 2026-10-09.
- Daily close (USD)
- $214.4
- Market capitalization (USD)
- $20,904,023,584
- Price / earnings (TTM)
- 25.97
- Price / book
- 2.89
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Company overview
STERIS plc provides infection prevention products and services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST), and Life Sciences. The Healthcare segment offers cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products; automated endoscope reprocessing system and tracking products; endoscopy accessories, washers, sterilizers, and other pieces of capital equipment for the operation of a sterile processing department; and equipment used directly in procedure rooms, including surgical tables, lights, and connectivity solutions, as well as equipment management services. It also provides capital equipment installation, maintenance, upgradation, repair, and troubleshooting services; preventive maintenance programs and repair services; instrument, devices, and endoscope repair and maintenance services; and custom process improvement consulting and outsourced instrument sterile processing services. The AST segment provides contract sterilization and testing services for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers through a network of contract sterilization and laboratory facilities, as well as integrated sterilization equipment and control systems to medical device manufacturers and research institutions. The Life Sciences segment designs, manufactures, and sells consumable products, such as pharmaceutical detergents, cleanroom disinfectants and sterilants, pharmaceutical grade and research sterilizers and washers, sterility assurance and maintenance products, vaporized hydrogen peroxide room decontamination systems and sterilizers, and high purity water and pure steam generators. This segment also offers equipment installation, maintenance, upgradation, repair, and troubleshooting services; and preventive maintenance programs and repair services. It serves its products and services to hospitals, other healthcare providers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.
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These values come from the daily market snapshot dated 2026-10-09. TTM means trailing twelve months. Use the market date when comparing STE with another company.
| Daily close (USD) | $214.4 |
| Market capitalization (USD) | $20,904,023,584 |
| Price / earnings (TTM) | 25.97 |
| Price / book | 2.89 |
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Company size
STERIS plc's recorded market capitalization is $20,904,023,584. It measures the market value of the company's equity, rather than its revenue or cash balance.
Price relative to earnings
STE's recorded P/E is 25.97: about $25.97 of share price for each $1 of trailing annual earnings per share. Compare that multiple with earnings growth and companies in the same business.
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STE's recorded price-to-book ratio is 2.89. That compares its market equity value with recorded book equity. Examine its business and balance sheet to understand why those values differ.
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