Market Analysts see Sotera Health Co [SHC] gaining to $17. Time to buy?

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Sotera Health Co [NASDAQ: SHC] jumped around 0.54 points on Monday, while shares priced at $12.92 at the close of the session, up 4.36%.

Compared to the average trading volume of 1.31M shares, SHC reached a trading volume of 1798951 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Sotera Health Co [SHC]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SHC shares is $15.14 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SHC stock is a recommendation set at 1.88. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Goldman have made an estimate for Sotera Health Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on May 05, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Goldman raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on December 06, 2024, representing the official price target for Sotera Health Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $13, while Piper Sandler analysts kept a Neutral rating on SHC stock. On April 03, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for SHC shares from 18 to 16.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Sotera Health Co is set at 0.62, with the Price to Sales ratio for SHC stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.31. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.86, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.08. Price to Free Cash Flow for SHC in the course of the last twelve months was 34.22 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.16.

How has SHC stock performed recently?

Sotera Health Co [SHC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 14.74. With this latest performance, SHC shares gained by 20.41% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -18.38% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 14.64% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SHC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 69.67, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 80.13, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 62.79 for Sotera Health Co [SHC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 11.55, while it was recorded at 12.04 for the last single week of trading, and 13.77 for the last 200 days.

Sotera Health Co [SHC]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Sotera Health Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.16 and a Current Ratio set at 2.46.

Earnings analysis for Sotera Health Co [SHC]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SHC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Sotera Health Co go to 10.67%.

Insider trade positions for Sotera Health Co [SHC]

The top three institutional holders of SHC stocks are: WARBURG PINCUS LLC with ownership of 88.82 million shares, which is approximately 31.398%. GTCR LLC, holding 59.22 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$702.89 million in SHC stocks shares; and GTCR LLC, currently with $$172.03 million in SHC stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1231%.