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STE (Steris) Net-Net Working Capital : $-23.38 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Steris 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.

Steris's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $-23.38.

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

STE's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 6.925
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Steris Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steris'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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Steris Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Steris Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -21.77 -36.54 -36.35 -35.00 -23.38

Steris 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 -35.00 -25.68 -24.71 -24.69 -23.38

Competitive Comparison of Steris's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Steris'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.


Steris's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Steris's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Steris Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Steris's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Mar. 2025 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(171.701+0.75 * 1043.961+0.5 * 581.329-3531.054
-0-12.352)/98.301
=-23.38

Steris'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)
=(171.701+0.75 * 1043.961+0.5 * 581.329-3531.054
-0-12.352)/98.301
=-23.38

* 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.


Steris  (NYSE:STE) 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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Steris Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, OH, USA, 44060
Steris is an Ireland-domiciled medical technology company focused on sterilization services and infection prevention. The company is the global leader in contract sterilization services, ensuring the safe delivery of single-use and implantable medical equipment to hospitals around the world. Additionally, Steris sells sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, and other decontamination equipment and supplies for use by care provider facilities and in biopharma manufacturing sites. Domiciled in the United States before its inversion to Ireland, the firm derives approximately 70% of its revenue from Healthcare Services, 19% from Applied Sterilization Technologies, or AST, and 11% from life sciences services after the divestment of its dental products business.
Executives
Cary L Majors officer: VP, N America Com Operations 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Michael J Tokich director, officer: Sr. Vice Pres., CFO C/O STERIS CORP, 5960 HEISLEY RD, MENTOR OH 44060
Christopher S Holland director ARAMARK CORP, 1101 MARKET ST 29TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19107
Julia Madsen officer: Senior VP, Life Sciences 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Renato Tamaro officer: V.P. & Corporate Treasurer 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Cynthia L Feldmann director 17 WINTHROP ROAD, WAYLAND MA 01778
Mohsen Sohi director C/O STERIS CORPORATION, 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Karen L Burton officer: VP, Controller & CAO 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Jacqueline B Kosecoff director 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Richard C Breeden director 100 SOUTH WACKER, SUITE 1800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Esther M. Alegria director 2642 MICHELLE DRIVE, SUITE 200, TUSTIN CA 92780
John Adam Zangerle director, officer: Sr. VP, Gen Counsel, and Sec. 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Andrew Xilas officer: SVP and GM, Dental 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Paul Edward Martin director C/O UNISYS CORPORATION, 801 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, SUITE 100, BLUE BELL PA 19422
David B Lewis director