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NYSE:STE

STERIS (STE) Competitors

$206.98
+0.77 (+0.37%)
(As of 05:33 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$205.18
$207.45
50-Day Range
$181.84
$210.85
52-Week Range
$159.21
$227.36
Volume
250,337 shs
Average Volume
492,578 shs
Market Capitalization
$20.42 billion
P/E Ratio
193.44
Dividend Yield
0.91%
Price Target
$223.00

STE vs. EW, ALGN, ZBH, SNN, BAX, PODD, HOLX, CAH, LH, and BGNE

Should you be buying STERIS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STERIS include Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Align Technology (ALGN), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Smith & Nephew (SNN), Baxter International (BAX), Insulet (PODD), Hologic (HOLX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), and BeiGene (BGNE). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

STERIS vs.

STERIS (NYSE:STE) and Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Edwards Lifesciences has higher revenue and earnings than STERIS. Edwards Lifesciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STERIS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STERIS$4.96 billion4.12$107.03 million$1.07193.44
Edwards Lifesciences$5.38 billion9.47$1.52 billion$2.4134.89

STERIS presently has a consensus target price of $223.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Edwards Lifesciences has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given STERIS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe STERIS is more favorable than Edwards Lifesciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STERIS
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Edwards Lifesciences
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

STERIS has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edwards Lifesciences has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Edwards Lifesciences had 1 more articles in the media than STERIS. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Edwards Lifesciences and 6 mentions for STERIS. STERIS's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Edwards Lifesciences' score of 0.65 indicating that STERIS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
STERIS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edwards Lifesciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.4% of STERIS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of STERIS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Edwards Lifesciences received 964 more outperform votes than STERIS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.46% of users gave Edwards Lifesciences an outperform vote while only 58.98% of users gave STERIS an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STERISOutperform Votes
312
58.98%
Underperform Votes
217
41.02%
Edwards LifesciencesOutperform Votes
1276
72.46%
Underperform Votes
485
27.54%

Edwards Lifesciences has a net margin of 27.07% compared to STERIS's net margin of 2.16%. Edwards Lifesciences' return on equity of 25.81% beat STERIS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STERIS 2.16% 13.50% 7.60%
Edwards Lifesciences 27.07% 25.81% 18.24%

Summary

Edwards Lifesciences beats STERIS on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STE vs. The Competition

MetricSTERISSurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.42B$7.79B$4.58B$15.06B
Dividend Yield0.90%1.41%2.27%3.87%
P/E Ratio193.4425.0491.1619.78
Price / Sales4.1286.673,293.369.20
Price / Cash11.0222.7092.1923.99
Price / Book3.383.564.697.35
Net Income$107.03M$122.56M$117.85M$903.19M
7 Day Performance0.73%3.72%0.80%1.75%
1 Month Performance10.61%5.29%1.41%3.96%
1 Year Performance-6.59%13.98%8.31%-4.81%

STERIS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
2.3549 of 5 stars
$85.18
-0.9%
$90.00
+5.7%
-12.8%$51.64B$5.38B35.3417,300
ALGN
Align Technology
3.1202 of 5 stars
$304.68
-0.2%
$347.78
+14.1%
+12.3%$23.31B$3.73B75.2323,165
ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
2.5045 of 5 stars
$130.27
-0.2%
$143.67
+10.3%
+14.2%$27.17B$6.94B60.8718,000
SNN
Smith & Nephew
1.6545 of 5 stars
$30.29
+0.0%
N/A-3.5%$13.23B$5.22B0.0019,012Positive News
BAX
Baxter International
2.4096 of 5 stars
$40.95
-1.7%
$52.38
+27.9%
-43.2%$20.71B$15.11B-8.3960,000
PODD
Insulet
2.1284 of 5 stars
$285.56
+0.5%
$330.00
+15.6%
+28.2%$19.90B$1.31B240.202,600Insider Selling
HOLX
Hologic
2.2001 of 5 stars
$79.04
flat
$86.00
+8.8%
+3.3%$19.45B$4.86B26.436,944
CAH
Cardinal Health
2.2574 of 5 stars
$84.34
-0.5%
$82.23
-2.5%
+59.4%$21.47B$181.36B48.4746,500Analyst Report
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LH
Laboratory Co. of America
3.2496 of 5 stars
$217.92
+0.1%
$273.50
+25.5%
-7.0%$19.31B$14.88B19.7780,000
BGNE
BeiGene
2.1442 of 5 stars
$226.14
+1.9%
$289.16
+27.9%
+33.9%$21.64B$1.42B-12.179,200Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:STE) was last updated on 6/9/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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