STE Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

STE insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at STERIS plc only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 4 Form 4 sales totaling $7.32M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 4 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2025-11 (3 trades) and 2026-03 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-05. The average open-market sale price was $260.15; the last close of $222.66 is 14.4% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 15,000 shares worth $3.98M on 2025-11-11. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -6.6%, from $238.51.

Where STE trades relative to its one-year range

STERIS plc closed at $222.66 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $199.40 to $268.65. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 33.6% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -7.3%, and over roughly three months +2.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 678,836 shares.

Across 83 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 38) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +13.2%. STE is behind that median and beat 28% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded STE

STOCK Act disclosures show 20 trades in STE by 5 members of Congress over five years (12 purchases, 8 sales), most recently on 2026-09-15. The most active traders were April McClain Delaney (D-MD), 11 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 5 trades; Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), 2 trades; Kevin Hern (R-OK), 1 trade; Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), 1 trade.

By party the trades split 18 by Democrats, 2 by Republicans; by chamber, 20 from the House.

STERIS plc federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 2 prime award actions to STERIS plc, worth $1.75M across 1 agencies. Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 100.0% of that value ($1.75M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

Compare STE with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to STE:

• GEHC one-year return -5.2%
• ZBH one-year return -4.9%
• RMD one-year return -11.5%
• LHX one-year return -12.6%
• ISRG one-year return -1.8%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-05
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-15
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-14

STE data questions

Are STE insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at STERIS plc only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 4 Form 4 sales totaling $7.32M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for STE?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, STE traded between $199.40 and $268.65, last closing at $222.66.

Has any member of Congress traded STE stock?

Yes. 5 members disclosed 20 trades in STE over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-15.