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Align Technology vs STERIS: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Align Technology brought in $4B of revenue in fiscal 2025, STERIS $5.9B in fiscal 2026. Revenue changed by +0.9% at Align Technology and +8.7% at STERIS on the year before, so STERIS grew faster. Align Technology kept 10.2% of its revenue as net profit, STERIS 13.2%. Free cash flow was $490.8M at Align Technology and $972.4M at STERIS.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

ALGNSTE
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2026 (March 31, 2026)
Revenue$4B$5.9B
Revenue growth+0.9%+8.7%
Net income$410.4M$782.3M
Net margin10.2%13.2%
Free cash flow$490.8M$972.4M
Free cash flow margin12.2%16.4%
Earnings per share (diluted)$5.65$7.93
Cash$1.1B$439.6M
Debtn/a$1.8B
Price to earnings26.026.4
Market value$10.4B$20.4B
Dividend yieldn/a1.18%
Rank by revenue in sector#71 of 523 · Health care#55 of 523 · Health care

Over the years

Revenue
ALGN FY2018: $2BALGN FY2019: $2.4BALGN FY2020: $2.5BALGN FY2021: $4BALGN FY2022: $3.7BALGN FY2023: $3.9BALGN FY2024: $4BALGN FY2025: $4BSTE FY2019: $2.8BSTE FY2020: $3BSTE FY2021: $3.1BSTE FY2022: $4.2BSTE FY2023: $4.5BSTE FY2024: $5.1BSTE FY2025: $5.5BSTE FY2026: $5.9BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
ALGN $4BSTE $5.9B
Net income
ALGN FY2018: $400.2MALGN FY2019: $442.8MALGN FY2020: $1.8BALGN FY2021: $772MALGN FY2022: $361.6MALGN FY2023: $445.1MALGN FY2024: $421.4MALGN FY2025: $410.4MSTE FY2019: $303.7MSTE FY2020: $407.7MSTE FY2021: $397.4MSTE FY2022: $243.9MSTE FY2023: $107MSTE FY2024: $378.2MSTE FY2025: $614.6MSTE FY2026: $782.3MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
ALGN $410.4MSTE $782.3M
Net margin
ALGN FY2018: 20.4%ALGN FY2019: 18.4%ALGN FY2020: 71.8%ALGN FY2021: 19.5%ALGN FY2022: 9.7%ALGN FY2023: 11.5%ALGN FY2024: 10.5%ALGN FY2025: 10.2%STE FY2019: 10.9%STE FY2020: 13.5%STE FY2021: 12.8%STE FY2022: 5.8%STE FY2023: 2.4%STE FY2024: 7.4%STE FY2025: 11.3%STE FY2026: 13.2%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
ALGN 10.2%STE 13.2%
Revenue growth
ALGN FY2019: +22.4%ALGN FY2020: +2.7%ALGN FY2021: +59.9%ALGN FY2022: -5.5%ALGN FY2023: +3.4%ALGN FY2024: +3.5%ALGN FY2025: +0.9%STE FY2020: +8.9%STE FY2021: +2.5%STE FY2022: +35.9%STE FY2023: +7.4%STE FY2024: +13.3%STE FY2025: +6.2%STE FY2026: +8.7%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
ALGN +0.9%STE +8.7%
Free cash flow
ALGN FY2018: $331.4MALGN FY2019: $597.6MALGN FY2020: $507.3MALGN FY2021: $771.4MALGN FY2022: $276.8MALGN FY2023: $608.1MALGN FY2024: $622.7MALGN FY2025: $490.8MSTE FY2019: $349.8MSTE FY2020: $376MSTE FY2021: $450.4MSTE FY2022: $397.2MSTE FY2023: $395MSTE FY2024: $613MSTE FY2025: $778MSTE FY2026: $972.4MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
ALGN $490.8MSTE $972.4M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Align Technology and STERIS

Which is bigger by revenue, Align Technology or STERIS?

STERIS is bigger by revenue: $5.9B in fiscal 2026, against $4B for Align Technology in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Align Technology or STERIS?

Align Technology had a net margin of 10.2% in fiscal 2025; STERIS had 13.2% in fiscal 2026.

Which grew revenue faster, Align Technology or STERIS?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +0.9% at Align Technology and +8.7% at STERIS.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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