STERIS Valuation

Is STE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of STE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: STE ($215.77) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($361.65)

Significantly Below Fair Value: STE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for STE?

Key metric: As STE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for STE. This is calculated by dividing STE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is STE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio36x
EarningsUS$591.38m
Market CapUS$20.95b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does STE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for STE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average60.6x
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings
20.1x8.1%US$22.1b
BAX Baxter International
139.2x39.8%US$16.7b
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories
39.6x9.8%US$34.3b
PODD Insulet
43.7x1.8%US$18.7b
STE STERIS
36x11.5%US$21.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36x) compared to the peer average (60.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does STE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Medical Equipment Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MHUA Meihua International Medical Technologies
1.8xn/aUS$13.37m
PAVM PAVmed
0.7x-77.8%US$10.61m
RTSL Rapid Therapeutic Science Laboratories
0.3xn/aUS$18.99k
UTRS Minerva Surgical
n/an/aUS$8.00
No more companies available in this PE range
STE 36.0xIndustry Avg. 36.1xNo. of Companies10PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36x) compared to the US Medical Equipment industry average (36.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

STE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36x
Fair PE Ratio29.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: STE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst STE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$215.77
US$249.39
+15.6%
6.1%US$265.00US$230.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$225.18
US$249.02
+10.6%
6.0%US$265.00US$230.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$235.78
US$245.27
+4.0%
6.3%US$265.00US$230.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$241.10
US$245.69
+1.9%
5.4%US$265.00US$230.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$241.01
US$241.94
+0.4%
6.8%US$265.00US$215.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$218.54
US$241.94
+10.7%
6.8%US$265.00US$215.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$222.88
US$241.94
+8.6%
6.8%US$265.00US$215.00n/a8
May ’25US$205.04
US$239.86
+17.0%
6.9%US$265.00US$215.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$221.03
US$239.86
+8.5%
6.9%US$265.00US$215.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$232.77
US$240.43
+3.3%
7.0%US$265.00US$215.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$223.61
US$238.33
+6.6%
7.6%US$265.00US$215.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$219.85
US$238.33
+8.4%
7.6%US$265.00US$215.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$203.51
US$240.83
+18.3%
6.9%US$265.00US$215.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$212.95
US$242.50
+13.9%
7.0%US$265.00US$215.00US$225.186
Oct ’24US$219.42
US$242.00
+10.3%
7.0%US$265.00US$220.00US$235.785
Sep ’24US$230.87
US$244.67
+6.0%
6.8%US$265.00US$220.00US$241.106
Aug ’24US$224.01
US$226.00
+0.9%
9.0%US$254.00US$200.00US$241.015
Jul ’24US$224.98
US$225.17
+0.08%
7.2%US$240.00US$200.00US$218.546
Jun ’24US$202.42
US$225.17
+11.2%
7.2%US$240.00US$200.00US$222.886
May ’24US$192.11
US$216.40
+12.6%
6.5%US$240.00US$197.00US$205.045
Apr ’24US$191.28
US$220.00
+15.0%
4.8%US$240.00US$210.00US$221.035
Mar ’24US$188.52
US$220.00
+16.7%
4.8%US$240.00US$210.00US$232.775
Feb ’24US$214.49
US$227.00
+5.8%
6.2%US$250.00US$210.00US$223.615
Jan ’24US$184.69
US$221.00
+19.7%
9.3%US$250.00US$190.00US$219.855
Dec ’23US$192.31
US$221.00
+14.9%
9.3%US$250.00US$190.00US$203.515
Nov ’23US$172.87
US$230.00
+33.0%
7.4%US$250.00US$200.00US$212.955

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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