NYSE:STE - Steris Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Steris announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 4th. Stockholders 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 of this dividend is Monday, November 25th. View Steris' Dividend History.

Steris PLC (NYSE:STE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The medical equipment provider reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.06. The medical equipment provider had revenue of $736.84 million for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.10 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.50-5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.47.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Steris' shares. Their forecasts range from $138.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Steris' stock price to reach $146.00 in the next year. 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.

Media coverage about STE stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Steris earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 next several days. View News Stories for Steris.

Steris saw a increase in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares 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 Mastercard (MA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Allergan (AGN), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Mcdonald's (MCD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Stryker (SYK), Walmart (WMT) and Zoetis (ZTS).

Steris' stock is owned by many different 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%), PGGM Investments (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%). 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, 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 purchased 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]