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SHC (Sotera Health Co) Net-Net Working Capital : $-7.94 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sotera Health Co Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $-7.94.

The industry rank for Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

SHC's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 5.24
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Sotera Health Co Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital 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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Sotera Health Co Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Sotera Health Co Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -7.49 -7.03 -8.02 -7.97 -7.97

Sotera Health Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 -7.98 -8.01 -7.93 -7.97 -7.94

Competitive Comparison of Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Sotera Health Co's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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.


Sotera Health Co's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Sotera Health Co's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sotera Health Co's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.


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Sotera Health Co Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(277.242+0.75 * 140.327+0.5 * 49.158-2666.737
-0-0)/283.466
=-7.97

Sotera Health Co's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(304.39+0.75 * 128.066+0.5 * 61.045-2683.437
-0-0)/283.855
=-7.94

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Sotera Health Co  (NAS:SHC) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Sotera Health Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
9100 South Hills Boulevard, Suite 300, Broadview Heights, OH, USA, 44147
Sotera Health Co provides sterilization, analytical lab testing, and advisory services to help ensure that medical, pharmaceutical and food products are safe for healthcare practitioners, patients, and consumers. The company operates in three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. Sterigenics provides outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and applications; Nordion provides Co-60 and gamma irradiators, which are the key components to the gamma sterilization process; and Nelson Labs provides outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, Europe and other regions.
Executives
Warburg Pincus & Co. director, 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY NY 100173147
Gtcr Fund Xi/a Lp director, 10 percent owner 300 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 5600, CHICAGO IL 60654
Ann R. Klee director 30 ISABELLA ST., PITTSBURGH PA 15212
Michael P Rutz officer: President of Sterigenics 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Petras Michael B. Jr. director, officer: Chairman & CEO 9100 SOUTH HILLS BLVD, SUITE 300, BROADVIEW HEIGHTS OH 44147
Jonathan M. Lyons officer: Sr. Vice President, CFO 9100 SOUTH HILLS BLVD., SUITE 300, BROADVIEW HEIGHTS OH 44147
David E. Wheadon director C/O ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 SOUTH SAUNDERS ROAD, SUITE 300, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Robert Brown Knauss director C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alexander Dimitrief officer: SVP, General Counsel and Sec. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
Michael F Biehl officer: Interim CFO 5885 LANDBROOK DRIVE SUITE 205, CLEVELAND OH 44124
Terry Hammons officer: SVP, GC and Secretary C/O SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO., INC., 5956 W LAS POSITAS BLVD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Wp Xi Partners, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NY 10017
Matthew J Klaben officer: SVP, GC and Secretary ONE INFINITY CORPORATE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 300, GARFIELD HEIGHTS OH 44125
Stephanie Geveda director 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sean Laurence Cunningham director 300 N. LASALLE SUITE 5600, CHICAGO IL 60654