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Stericycle (Stericycle) Operating Margin %

: 5.69% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Stericycle's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $37 Mil. Stericycle's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $652 Mil. Therefore, Stericycle's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.69%.

Warning Sign:

Stericycle Inc operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.1%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Stericycle's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

SRCL' s Operating Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87   Med: 5.55   Max: 21.77
Current: 5.29


SRCL's Operating Margin % is ranked worse than
55.6% of 232 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 7.335 vs SRCL: 5.29

Stericycle's 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was -1.10% per year.

Stericycle's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $37 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $141 Mil.


Stericycle Operating Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stericycle's Operating Margin % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Stericycle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Margin %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.61 5.81 2.67 5.11 5.29

Stericycle Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Operating Margin % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.49 6.58 4.51 4.35 5.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Stericycle's Operating Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Operating Margin % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Stericycle Operating Margin % Distribution

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Stericycle's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stericycle's Operating Margin % falls into.



Stericycle Operating Margin % Calculation

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Stericycle's Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=140.7 / 2659.3
=5.29 %

Stericycle's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=37.1 / 652
=5.69 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Stericycle  (NAS:SRCL) Operating Margin % Explanation

Just like Gross Margin %, it is important to see a company maintains its operating margin over time. Among the same industry, a company with higher operating margin is more efficient in its operation. It is also more stable during industry slowdown or recessions. Peter Lynch prefers those with higher margins than those with lower margins.


Be Aware

Operating Margin % can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin % may decline. Often the Operating Margin % declines well before the company's Revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin % is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia’s Operating Margin % had already been in decline since 2002, although its Earnings per Share (Diluted) were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin % would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Stericycle (Stericycle) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2355 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, IL, USA, 60015
Stericycle is the largest provider of medical waste disposal and data destruction (primarily paper shredding) services in the United States. Its next closest national competitor in the medical waste disposal space is Sharps Compliance, which generated $76 million of sales in fiscal 2021 before its 2022 acquisition (about 4% of Stericycle's global regulated waste and compliance revenue). Stericycle's data destruction business (Shred-It) is about twice the size of its closest competitor (Iron Mountain's information destruction segment). Stericycle has a global presence, with about 20% of its revenue earned outside North America.
Executives
Joseph Anthony Reuter officer: EVP & Chief People Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Victoria L Dolan director C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, 300 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Naren K Gursahaney director 1501 YAMATO ROAD, BOCA RATON FL 33431
White Stephen Cory officer: EVP C&RS 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Daniel Ginnetti officer: Chief Financial Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
David W. Stahl officer: EVP and CIO 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
James L Welch director 5550 SW MACADAM AVENUE, SUITE 200, PORTLAND OR 97239
James J Martell director 314 RINGLING POINT DRIVE, SARASOTA FL 34234
Janet Zelenka officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Dominic Culotta officer: EVP Engineering 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Mark C Miller officer: CEO C/O STERICYCLE INC., 28161 N KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Stephen C Hooley director 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Hackney Jesse Joel Jr director 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
William J. Seward officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer 28161 N. KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Richard Michael Moore officer: EVP North America Operations 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015