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Sotera Health Company

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What Do They Do?

Provides sterilization and irradiation, lab testing and advisory services to healthcare, food and industrial companies. Sells radioactive cobalt sources and gamma irradiation systems to contract sterilizers and medical-device makers.

How Do They Make Money?

Customers pay for Sterigenics sterilization when processing is complete and quality-approved; lab services are earned over time. Nordion sells cobalt sources on delivery and earns service revenue from installation, disposal and gamma-system work.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Service
Sold outright

86%
FY2022: 86%
Product
Sold outright

14%
FY2022: 14%

Who Are Their Customers?

Sterigenics serves medical-device and pharmaceutical makers, food and agricultural producers, and industrial users; Nordion serves contract sterilizers and medical-device manufacturers. Nelson Labs provides testing and advisory services for healthcare customers.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 7 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 13 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
34% of revenue
▲ +32% vs FY2024 ($297.6M, 27%)
Net income, FY2025
7% of revenue
▲ +76% vs FY2024 ($44.4M, 4%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
13% of revenue
▲ +231% vs FY2024 ($45.1M, 4%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +9%
vs $294.3M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +574%
vs $8M in Q2 FY2025
Service share of revenue vs 87.4% in Q2 FY2025
  • Aug 6, 2026 Raised full-year revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook Raised its revenue growth outlook to 5.25% to 6.75% and adjusted EBITDA growth outlook to 5.75% to 7.25%.
  • May 5, 2026 Alton Shader became CEO as Michael Petras moved to executive chairman

Growing. Revenue grew 25% in 4 years, from $931.5M in FY2021 to $1.2B in FY2025, about 6% a year.

Revenue over time
Service Product
$2B$1B$0

Who Do They Compete With?

Competes with STERIS

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