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STERIS plc

NYSE: STE · USD

STERIS plc cash flow and EPS86

Operating cash flow, capital investment, free cash flow and earnings per share.

Capital allocation

% of tracked cash uses

$280.4M
STERIS plc capital allocation. Quarterly values. Missing values are unavailable.
PeriodCapexAcquisitionsBuybacksDividendsDebt repaymentsTracked uses
FY 2020 Q138.76% · $49.794M27.22% · $34.97M11.59% · $14.886M22.44% · $28.823MUnavailable100% · $128.473M
FY 2020 Q231.07% · $48.374M34.01% · $52.965M14.76% · $22.981M20.16% · $31.397MUnavailable100% · $155.717M
FY 2020 Q351.12% · $55.481M17.72% · $19.231M2.26% · $2.454M28.91% · $31.375M0% · $0M100% · $108.541M
FY 2020 Q457.49% · $60.867M2.5% · $2.648M10.31% · $10.919M29.7% · $31.439M0% · $0M100% · $105.873M
FY 2021 Q159.36% · $66.861M0% · $0M12.69% · $14.296M27.94% · $31.471MUnavailable100% · $112.628M
FY 2021 Q256.18% · $43.885M0% · $0M0.18% · $0.138M43.64% · $34.089MUnavailable100% · $78.112M
FY 2021 Q35.61% · $53.751M90.81% · $869.431M0.01% · $0.127M3.57% · $34.136M0% · $0M100% · $957.445M
FY 2021 Q450.26% · $74.765M26.73% · $39.761M0.06% · $0.086M22.95% · $34.141M0% · $0M100% · $148.753M
FY 2022 Q18.7% · $56.396M84.39% · $547.353M1.65% · $10.67M5.27% · $34.148MUnavailable100% · $648.567M
FY 2022 Q257.44% · $76.973M0% · $0M10.51% · $14.081M32.06% · $42.959MUnavailable100% · $134.013M
FY 2022 Q363.87% · $81.122M0% · $0M2.27% · $2.877M33.86% · $43.011M0% · $0M100% · $127.01M
FY 2022 Q449.58% · $73.072M2.1% · $3.096M19.1% · $28.149M29.21% · $43.051M0% · $0M100% · $147.368M
FY 2023 Q163.14% · $115.933M0% · $0M13.44% · $24.679M23.42% · $43.008MUnavailable100% · $183.62M
FY 2023 Q243.52% · $82.768M7.99% · $15.192M23.79% · $45.243M24.7% · $46.973MUnavailable100% · $190.176M
FY 2023 Q338.01% · $91.819M7.79% · $18.828M34.78% · $84.03M19.42% · $46.917M0% · $0M100% · $241.594M
FY 2023 Q425.41% · $71.449M3.04% · $8.552M54.98% · $154.613M16.57% · $46.6M0% · $0M100% · $281.214M
FY 2024 Q154.7% · $66.601M0% · $0M7.17% · $8.724M38.13% · $46.427MUnavailable100% · $121.752M
FY 2024 Q212.34% · $83.292M79.98% · $539.758M0.07% · $0.489M7.61% · $51.368MUnavailable100% · $674.907M
FY 2024 Q368.93% · $118.936M0% · $0M1.29% · $2.228M29.78% · $51.378MUnavailable100% · $172.542M
FY 2024 Q461.11% · $91.497M4.34% · $6.498M0.22% · $0.325M34.33% · $51.397MUnavailable100% · $149.717M
FY 2025 Q145.53% · $108.083M5.75% · $13.659M27.05% · $64.203M21.67% · $51.436MUnavailable100% · $237.381M
FY 2025 Q248.9% · $101.892M1.83% · $3.808M22.28% · $46.422M26.99% · $56.237MUnavailable100% · $208.359M
FY 2025 Q331.64% · $89.231M12.83% · $36.192M35.61% · $100.433M19.92% · $56.196MUnavailable100% · $282.052M
FY 2025 Q455.54% · $70.885M0.38% · $0.48M0.21% · $0.263M43.88% · $56.006MUnavailable100% · $127.634M
FY 2026 Q153.36% · $93.6M8.55% · $15M6.04% · $10.6M32.04% · $56.2MUnavailable100% · $175.4M
FY 2026 Q234.75% · $86.5M0% · $0M40.38% · $100.5M24.87% · $61.9MUnavailable100% · $248.9M
FY 2026 Q345.74% · $98.7M2.36% · $5.1M23.22% · $50.1M28.68% · $61.9MUnavailable100% · $215.8M
FY 2026 Q439.86% · $90.2M0% · $0M32.83% · $74.3M27.31% · $61.8MUnavailable100% · $226.3M
FY 2027 Q131.21% · $87.5M5.71% · $16M41.19% · $115.5M21.9% · $61.4MUnavailable100% · $280.4M
Mar 31, 2019 through Jun 30, 2026

Operating cash flow

USD millions

$367.1M

Capital expenditures

USD millions

$87.5M

Free cash flow

USD millions

$279.6M

Stock-based compensation

USD millions

$12.8M

SBC / free cash flow

% · FCF before SBC deduction

4.58%

SBC / operating cash flow

%

3.49%

Software & intangible investment

USD millions

—

Separately disclosed software and intangible investment is unavailable in the extracted statements for this period.

Diluted EPS

USD per share

—

Quarterly data

STERIS plc cash-flow history. Each metric has its own unit. A dash means inputs are missing or the calculation is undefined.
Fiscal periodEndedOperating cash flowUSD millionsCapital expendituresUSD millionsFree cash flowUSD millionsStock-based compensationUSD millionsSBC / free cash flow%SBC / operating cash flow%Software & intangible investmentUSD millionsDiluted EPSUSD per share
FY 2027 Q1Jun 30, 2026367.187.5279.612.84.58%3.49%——
FY 2026 Q4Mar 31, 2026335.490.2245.212.95.26%3.85%——
FY 2026 Q3Dec 31, 2025298.298.7199.515.77.87%5.26%—$1.96
FY 2026 Q2Sep 30, 2025287.886.5201.321.210.53%7.37%—$1.94
FY 2026 Q1Jun 30, 202542093.6326.411.93.65%2.83%—$1.79
FY 2025 Q4Mar 31, 2025260.7870.89189.99.795.16%3.75%——
FY 2025 Q3Dec 31, 2024332.8489.23243.6115.336.29%4.61%—$1.75
FY 2025 Q2Sep 30, 2024250.73101.89148.8320.8113.98%8.3%—$1.51
FY 2025 Q1Jun 30, 2024303.74108.08195.6611.465.86%3.77%—$1.46
FY 2024 Q4Mar 31, 2024254.8191.5163.318.955.48%3.51%—$-0.01
FY 2024 Q3Dec 31, 2023291.24118.94172.3115.298.88%5.25%—$1.42
FY 2024 Q2Sep 30, 2023146.183.2962.820.7232.99%14.18%—$1.16
FY 2024 Q1Jun 30, 2023281.1366.6214.5311.585.4%4.12%—$1.25
FY 2023 Q4Mar 31, 2023215.871.45144.359.096.3%4.21%—$1.88
FY 2023 Q3Dec 31, 2022205.5891.82113.769.358.22%4.55%—$1.24
FY 2023 Q2Sep 30, 2022103.8282.7721.0611.5554.84%11.12%—$-3.15
FY 2023 Q1Jun 30, 2022231.75115.93115.818.967.74%3.87%—$1.1
FY 2022 Q4Mar 31, 2022171.7373.0798.669.759.88%5.68%—$0.52
FY 2022 Q3Dec 31, 2021244.3181.12163.19106.13%4.09%—$1.42
FY 2022 Q2Sep 30, 2021171.3476.9794.3711.3111.99%6.6%—$0.69
FY 2022 Q1Jun 30, 202197.4356.441.0326.664.83%27.3%—$-0.24
FY 2021 Q4Mar 31, 2021187.8674.77113.096.045.34%3.22%—$1.02
FY 2021 Q3Dec 31, 2020205.7153.75151.966.023.96%2.93%—$1.33
FY 2021 Q2Sep 30, 2020161.9543.89118.077.946.72%4.9%—$1.23
FY 2021 Q1Jun 30, 2020134.1266.8667.265.968.86%4.45%—$1.03
FY 2020 Q4Mar 31, 2020199.2360.87138.374.953.58%2.48%—$1.44
FY 2020 Q3Dec 31, 2019131.3355.4875.855.597.37%4.25%—$1.23
FY 2020 Q2Sep 30, 2019150.6648.37102.297.747.57%5.14%—$1.11
FY 2020 Q1Jun 30, 2019109.3449.7959.545.549.3%5.06%—$0.99
Sources and calculations

Financial inputs from company filings. Last checked Oct 18, 2026. A dash means missing inputs or an undefined calculation.

Period changes use the preceding fiscal quarter or year. Percentage changes divide by the absolute prior value; a zero or missing baseline has no percentage change. Percentage metrics show changes in percentage points.

FCF subtracts reported cash capital investment. PPE purchases are preferred; the productive-assets fallback also includes software and intangibles. Acquisitions and noncash lease additions are excluded. EPS and weighted shares are not summed across quarters. Annual figures use annual reports.

SBC / FCF always uses FCF before SBC deduction; both SBC ratios compare amounts from the same period. A zero or negative cash-flow denominator is undefined, and values above 100% are retained.

Each reported nonnegative cash use / sum of available tracked nonnegative cash uses × 100. Missing categories are omitted, never set to zero. This is the composition of tracked uses, not a complete cash-flow reconciliation or a percentage of OCF. SBC is noncash and excluded. Negative amounts are excluded as reversals or net receipts; they are not converted to spending. Annual bars use reported annual amounts. Turning off a category hides its share without changing the denominator. Debt repayments prefer a reported aggregate, with long-term or convertible-only scope identified in the tooltip. Acquisitions are net of cash acquired. Dividend payments use the aggregate where reported, including dividend equivalents when part of that concept.

The SBC option subtracts reported share-based compensation from FCF as an economic-cost scenario. Missing SBC never becomes zero.

Market prices: Yahoo Finance · STE, USD. Latest completed close Sep 25, 2026. Price data retrieved Sep 28, 2026.

Operating cash flow
Reported net cash provided by or used in operating activities.
Capital expenditures
Reported cash capital investment. Uses purchases of property, plant and equipment where disclosed; otherwise purchases of productive assets, which can also include software and intangibles. Excludes acquisitions and noncash lease additions.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow − reported cash capital investment. PPE purchases are preferred; the productive-assets fallback also includes software and intangibles. Reflects the SBC option and can differ from issuer-defined FCF.
Stock-based compensation
Reported share-based compensation addback in the cash-flow statement. Missing disclosure is not treated as zero.
SBC / free cash flow
Reported share-based compensation / (operating cash flow − cash capital investment) × 100, for the same fiscal period. Always uses FCF before SBC deduction. Zero or negative FCF is undefined; values above 100% are retained.
SBC / operating cash flow
Reported share-based compensation / reported operating cash flow × 100, for the same fiscal period. Zero or negative operating cash flow is undefined. Unaffected by the SBC deduction scenario.
Software & intangible investment
Separately tagged payments for capitalized software under US GAAP, or purchases of intangible assets under IFRS. This optional disclosure is not inferred from total capex or deducted a second time from FCF.
Diluted EPS
Reported diluted earnings per share, normalized for recorded subsequent stock splits. Quarterly EPS is never subtracted from annual or YTD EPS.