NYSE:STE - Steris Stock Price, Forecast & News

Steris trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "STE."

Steris declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 25th. View Steris' Dividend History.

Steris PLC (NYSE:STE) announced its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The medical equipment provider reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.06. The medical equipment provider earned $736.84 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $717.79 million. Steris had a net margin of 11.59% and a return on equity of 16.15%. The firm's revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.10 EPS. View Steris' Earnings History.

Steris is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Steris.

Steris updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.50-5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.47.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Steris' shares. Their forecasts range from $138.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Steris' share price to reach $146.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Steris.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Steris in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Steris.

News coverage about STE stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Steris earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the medical equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Steris.

Steris saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,430,000 shares, an increase of 27.7% from the December 15th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 692,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Steris' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Steris include Medtronic (MDT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Stryker (SYK), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Baxter International (BAX), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), Teleflex (TFX), Hologic (HOLX), Varian Medical Systems (VAR) and Insulet (PODD).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Steris investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Mastercard (MA), Mcdonald's (MCD), Allergan (AGN), Stryker (SYK), Zoetis (ZTS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), AbbVie (ABBV) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT).

Steris' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.19%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), West Coast Financial LLC (0.06%), PGGM Investments (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Steris stock include Cary L Majors, Cynthia L Feldmann, Daniel A Carestio, Jacqueline B Kosecoff, John Adam Zangerle, Karen L Burton, Kathleen Bardwell, Loyal W Wilson, Michael B Wood, Michael J Tokich, Mohsen Sohi, Renato Tamaro, Richard Martin Steeves, Sudhir K Pahwa, Walter M Rosebrough Jr and Walter M Rosebrough, Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Steris.

STE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Cerebellum GP LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, West Coast Financial LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Raymond James Trust N.A. and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Steris company stock in the last year include Cary L Majors, Cynthia L Feldmann, Daniel A Carestio, Jacqueline B Kosecoff, John Adam Zangerle, Karen L Burton, Kathleen Bardwell, Loyal W Wilson, Michael B Wood, Michael J Tokich, Mohsen Sohi, Renato Tamaro, Richard Martin Steeves and Walter M Rosebrough Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steris.

STE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Park National Corp OH and First Hawaiian Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steris.

Shares of STE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of STE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $154.13.

Steris has a market capitalization of $13.07 billion and generates $2.78 billion in revenue each year. The medical equipment provider earns $304.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.89 on an earnings per share basis. Steris employs 12,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Steris.

The official website for Steris is http://www.steris.com/.

Steris' mailing address is 70 Sir John Rogerson`s Quay, Dublin L2, D02 R296. The medical equipment provider can be reached via phone at 353-1232-2000 or via email at [email protected]