SHC
BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralSotera Health Company · Healthcare · United States · $5.2B cap · $38.0M/day traded
$18.65 +0.9% · close 28 Oct · scored 29 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Report expected 3 Nov: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 1.4% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 29 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Sotera Health Company (SHC) is 79/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 61, Value 36, Momentum 78, each scored against its sector).
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Sotera Health provides sterilisation (Sterigenics) and lab testing (Nelson Labs) to medical device and pharma makers, a concentrated, highly regulated market with long customer relationships and real switching costs. It delivered a strong second quarter and raised its 2026 outlook, and momentum is good. However, the company carries significant debt, faces ongoing ethylene oxide emissions litigation, and insiders sold about 0.45% of the shares over 90 days. The business quality is real, but leverage and legal overhang reduce the margin of safety.
ABOUT SOTERA HEALTH COMPANY
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Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, and food industries. The company ensures product safety and integrity through its specialized sterilization and analytical services, leveraging extensive regulatory expertise and a global network of facilities. Its indispensable role in the healthcare supply chain, combined with high barriers to entry, provides a significant and defensible market position.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 5.1% | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 6.5% |
| EPS | -0.83 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 22.5% | 0.57 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 11.8% |
| Shares | 282.4M | 282.8M | 283.5M | 284.4M | +0.7% | 285.4M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 2.0B | 2.3B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 3.8% | 2.3B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 350.2M | 443.7M | 404.9M | 606.0M | 20.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 278.0M | -147.7M | 224.2M | 287.2M | 1.1% | 292.2M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -181.9M | -214.9M | -179.0M | -135.1M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 197.8M | 266.0M | -50.6M | -100.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 6% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 76% of stocks we rank over the past year (29% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Healthcare, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SHC are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHC | Sotera Health Company(you) | $5.2B | 79 | Buy |
| VCYT | Veracyte, Inc. | $3.9B | 76 | Buy |
| BLLN | BillionToOne, Inc. | $5.1B | 57 | Hold |
| CDNA | CareDx, Inc. | $3.6B | 62 | Hold |
| GRAL | GRAIL, Inc. | $5.9B | 50 | Hold |
| MEDP | Medpace Holdings, Inc. | $18.7B | 90 | Strong Buy |
| ADPT | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | $4.1B | 47 | Hold |
| LH | Labcorp Holdings Inc. | $26.7B | 83 | Strong Buy |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | $26.7B | 83 | Strong Buy |
| RVTY | Revvity, Inc. | $17.7B | 65 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE -30.5% · P/E 27.2x · Gross margin 63.4%
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