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FCF Margin for STERIS (STE)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.4%

YoY change

+2.13pp

Trough year (1998)

-21.4%

Peak year (2026)

16.4%

FCF Margin history chart for STERIS (STE) from 1991 to 2026

Latest: 16.4%

FCF Margin change chart for STERIS (STE) from 1991 to 2026

Latest: +2.13pp

FCF Margin history table for STERIS (STE) from 1991 to 2026

  • 202616.4%+2.13pp
  • 202514.3%+2.32pp
  • 202411.9%+3.22pp
  • 20238.7%-0.70pp
  • 20229.4%-5.09pp
  • 202114.5%+2.09pp
  • 202012.4%-0.17pp
  • 201912.6%+1.42pp
  • 201811.2%+1.54pp
  • 20179.6%+3.88pp
  • 20165.7%-2.96pp
  • 20158.7%+1.09pp
  • 20147.6%-1.75pp
  • 20139.3%+3.47pp
  • 20125.9%+2.54pp
  • 20113.3%-11.04pp
  • 201014.4%+4.64pp
  • 20099.7%+2.91pp
  • 20086.8%+2.93pp
  • 20073.9%-5.65pp
  • 20069.5%+0.92pp
  • 20058.6%+2.58pp
  • 20046.1%-1.63pp
  • 20037.7%-1.12pp
  • 20028.8%+2.39pp
  • 20016.4%+7.21pp
  • 2000-0.8%+6.00pp
  • 1999-6.8%+14.56pp
  • 1998-21.4%-20.64pp
  • 1997-0.7%-10.95pp
  • 199610.2%+1.24pp
  • 19959.0%+8.56pp
  • 19940.4%+1.56pp
  • 1993-1.1%+16.71pp
  • 1992-17.8%-8.74pp
  • 1991-9.1%—

FCF Margin values are taken from STERIS's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at STERIS (STE)

According to STERIS's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 16.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

STERIS (STE) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 16.38% (2026) – expanded 2.1 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual free cash flow margin of 16.38% was reported in 2026. The lowest in the available history was -21.36% in 1998.

STERIS FCF Margin by Year

STERIS FCF Margin 2026: 16.4%

STERIS free cash flow margin in 2026 was 16.38%, expanded 2.1 percentage points from 2025. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

STERIS FCF Margin 2025: 14.3%

2025's free cash flow margin for STERIS came in at 14.25%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2024.

STERIS FCF Margin 2024: 11.9%

STERIS posted free cash flow margin of 11.93% in 2024, expanded 3.2 percentage points from 2023.

STERIS FCF Margin 2023: 8.7%

In 2023, STERIS reported free cash flow margin of 8.71%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2022.

STERIS FCF Margin 2022: 9.4%

STERIS free cash flow margin in 2022 was 9.41%.

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