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Sotera Health Company (SHC) Stock Analysis

SellModerate Confidence

Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research

Sotera Health Company provides sterilization solutions, lab testing, and advisory services for the healthcare industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. The Sterigenics... Read more

$13.70+28.8% upside
Score 5.7/10Target $17.64Reward/Risk 4.5:1

TrendMatrix rates Sotera Health Company (SHC) as Sell with moderate confidence. The stock trades at $13.70 with +28.8% upside to the $17.64 price target. Overall score: 5.7/10 across 10 analysis dimensions. Reward/risk ratio: 4.5:1.

Passes 3/4 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.

Val7.6Qual7.0Grw6.8Mom2.6Sent7.5Ins2.8Peer2.5Tech6.0Risk4.25.7OVERALL

Investment Thesis

+ V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.0 in RISK_OFF)
+ Sector modifier (): +1.2
+ Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Leverage penalty (D/E 3.8): -1.5
- Negative momentum
- Insider selling

Fundamentals

P/E (TTM)51.4
P/E (Fwd)13.3
Mkt Cap$4.0B
EV/EBITDA10.6
Profit Mgn6.7%
ROE15.4%
Rev Growth4.6%
Beta1.88
DividendNone
Analysts15
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SHC stock a buy right now?

TrendMatrix rates Sotera Health Company (SHC) as Sell with moderate confidence. Score 5.7/10.

What is the SHC stock price target?

Take-profit target: $17.64 (+28.8% upside). Reward/risk ratio: 4.5:1. Stop-loss: $12.82.

What are the risks of investing in SHC?

Leverage penalty (D/E 3.8): -1.5; Negative momentum; Insider selling.

Is SHC overvalued or undervalued?

Sotera Health Company trades at a P/E of 51.4 (forward 13.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.6/10. Verdict: Sell.

What do analysts say about SHC?

15 analysts cover SHC with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $21.

What does Sotera Health Company do?Sotera Health Company provides sterilization solutions, lab testing, and advisory services for the healthcare industry...

Sotera Health Company provides sterilization solutions, lab testing, and advisory services for the healthcare industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. The Sterigenics segment offers outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services using gamma irradiation, ethylene oxide processing, and electron beam irradiation technologies for medical devices, pharmaceutical, and food safety and advanced applications markets. The Nordion segment provides Cobalt-60 used in the sterilization and irradiation processes for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and high-performance materials industries, as well as in the treatment of cancer. It also offers gamma irradiation systems. The Nelson Labs segment provides outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The company was formerly known as Sotera Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Sotera Health Company in October 2020. Sotera Health Company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

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29 OVERSOLD
<20d<50d<200dGOLDEN CROSSSupp $13.22Res $16.52

Price Targets

$13
$18
Upside+28.8%
Reward/Risk4.5:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNONE
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeRISK_OFF

Risk Alerts

! MOMENTUM:2.6<5.0
Suitability: Aggressive
Risk/Reward 5.8>=2.0
Insider activity: OK
No SEC red flags
Momentum 2.6<5.0