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Sotera Health Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Sotera Health Co had return on equity of 15.4%, a net margin of 6.7%, debt equal to 358.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.46. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin50.8%54.2%55.7%55.5%55.0%54.7%55.5%55.0%
Operating margin23.6%25.2%27.6%24.7%26.4%27.0%——
Net margin−2.7%−4.7%12.5%−23.3%4.9%4.0%6.7%13.4%
Free-cash-flow margin11.8%8.2%19.3%9.5%−34.6%4.1%12.8%9.3%
Return on equity——22.5%−49.9%12.9%10.5%15.4%25.7%
Return on assets—−1.4%4.2%−7.9%1.6%1.4%2.5%5.0%
Asset turnover—0.300.340.340.340.350.370.37
Current ratio—2.242.150.812.422.752.462.80
Debt to equity—412.0%300.9%560.6%509.4%557.1%358.0%325.4%
Effective tax rate——33.3%—51.5%61.0%47.2%38.1%
SG&A as % of revenue18.9%21.8%21.3%24.5%22.6%22.0%21.7%21.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue7.4%6.5%11.0%18.2%20.5%16.3%11.9%14.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——153.5%—−706.0%101.6%191.4%68.9%
Dividends ÷ net income——0.0%—————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow753.0%50.7%0.0%0.0%————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.3bn
Short-term assets $646mLonger-term assets $2.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.3bn
Short-term liabilities $231mLonger-term liabilities $2.4bnShareholders' equity $666m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $646m of assets due within a year against $231m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $646m short-term assets against $2.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $357m of cash against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 321% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 297% to 321% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $292m of operating cash flow against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Sotera Health Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

72 /100

Strong moat

How hard Sotera Health's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 14 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 11.3% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Pricing power 19 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 55.2%, moving by 0.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 19 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 26.4%; its worst year was 24.7%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 6 years, at a median 9.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 12 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 10.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (77 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sotera Health Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sotera Health Co.