STER Stock Price, Sterling Check Corp. Quote, Chart

Market Summary

USD15.33+0.05

Market Closed

0.33%

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STER Valuation

Market Cap

1.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-12.3K

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.98

EV/EBITDA

47.69

Price/Free Cashflow

15.14

STER Price/Sales (Trailing)

STER Profitability

EBT Margin

1.70%

Return on Equity

-0.02%

Return on Assets

-0.01%

Free Cashflow Yield

6.6%

STER Fundamentals

STER Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

719.6M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-0.3%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-6.18%

STER Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-116.0K

Earnings Growth (Yr)

56.05%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-243.76%

Breaking Down STER Revenue

Last 7 days

1.8%

Last 30 days

-4.4%

Last 90 days

12.4%

Trailing 12 Months

39.0%

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STER Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.52

Debt/Equity

0.68

Debt/Cashflow

0.2

STER Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

2.86%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.01

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	754.1M	738.9M	720.1M	719.6M
2022	694.5M	740.7M	770.5M	766.8M
2021	501.0M	548.0M	594.9M	641.9M
2020	0	0	475.6M	454.1M
2019	0	0	0	497.1M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Sterling Check Corp.

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 01, 2024	kapoor mohit	acquired	-	-	1,011	-
Apr 01, 2024	jennings mark e	acquired	-	-	972	-
Mar 15, 2024	paglia lou	acquired	-	-	209,206	see remarks
Mar 15, 2024	stonehill price robyn	acquired	-	-	209,206	see remarks
Mar 15, 2024	barnett steven l	acquired	-	-	149,433	see remarks
Mar 15, 2024	peirez joshua l	acquired	-	-	597,729	see remarks
Mar 15, 2024	strong theresa	acquired	-	-	27,744	see remarks
Mar 06, 2024	strong theresa	sold (taxes)	-30,880	16.00	-1,930	see remarks
Mar 06, 2024	stonehill price robyn	sold (taxes)	-176,272	16.00	-11,017	see remarks
Mar 06, 2024	peirez joshua l	sold (taxes)	-1,060,780	16.00	-66,299	see remarks

Which funds bought or sold STER recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	AMALGAMATED BANK	reduced	-63.89	-23,000	17,000	-%
Apr 23, 2024	Global Retirement Partners, LLC	sold off	-100	-1,383	-	-%
Apr 22, 2024	MetLife Investment Management, LLC	unchanged	-	22,019	235,777	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.	sold off	-100	-330,503	-	-%
Apr 17, 2024	MEANS INVESTMENT CO., INC.	reduced	-80.63	-557,987	160,800	0.02%
Apr 11, 2024	Fortitude Family Office, LLC	unchanged	-	172	1,286	-%
Apr 05, 2024	GAMMA Investing LLC	new	-	145	145	-%
Apr 05, 2024	CWM, LLC	new	-	-	-	-%
Mar 22, 2024	PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.	added	234	6,775	9,299	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	reduced	-6.78	1,062,730	38,662,800	-%

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Unveiling Sterling Check Corp.'s Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	goldman sachs group inc	52.8%	49,809,136	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	wellington management group llp	9.56%	9,011,966	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2023	goldman sachs group inc	61.8%	59,956,520	SC 13G/A
Feb 06, 2023	wellington management group llp	6.07%	5,890,392	SC 13G
Feb 14, 2022	goldman sachs group inc	62.6%	59,953,727	SC 13G
Feb 14, 2022	cummings ross m	11.6%	11,071,854	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of Sterling Check Corp.

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 09, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 09, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 09, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Sterling Check Corp.)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
MSFT	3.0T	227.6B	-3.26%	48.52%	36.82	13.36	11.51%	22.38%
ADBE	213.7B	19.9B	-5.94%	29.09%	44.52	10.72	10.76%	1.35%
CRWD	71.0B	3.1B	-8.36%	143.65%	795.09	23.24	36.33%	148.75%
SQ	45.1B	21.9B	-10.40%	21.36%	6.6K	2.06	25.01%	101.26%
AKAM	15.5B	3.8B	-5.87%	28.59%	28.28	4.06	5.40%	4.57%
FFIV	10.7B	2.8B	-3.28%	39.96%	23.26	3.82	3.55%	53.13%
MID-CAP
ALTR	6.7B	612.7M	-1.09%	20.64%	-753.5	10.98	7.07%	79.45%
HCP	6.1B	583.1M	16.67%	18.16%	-31.94	10.44	22.54%	30.49%
ACIW	3.5B	1.5B	3.93%	37.78%	29.19	2.44	2.16%	-14.54%
APPN	2.7B	545.4M	-3.32%	2.15%	-24.05	4.91	16.53%	26.16%
SMALL-CAP
CSGS	1.5B	1.2B	-1.77%	-3.02%	21.41	1.25	7.30%	93.18%
ATEN	1.0B	251.7M	0.22%	-3.65%	25.57	4.06	-10.22%	-14.79%
BAND	472.6M	601.1M	0.11%	49.27%	-28.91	0.79	4.88%	-183.51%
DTSS	19.5M	7.0M	12.74%	-51.84%	-2.27	2.91	-55.73%	-45.27%
BLIN	13.4M	15.6M	22.86%	44.94%	-1.35	0.86	-6.37%	-5256.07%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)															(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2019Q4
Revenue	-6.2%	169,416,000	180,566,000	190,384,000	179,274,000	169,920,000	199,299,000	205,591,000	191,972,000	173,629,000	169,557,000	159,328,000	139,370,000	128,486,000	117,602,000	-
Costs and Expenses	-5.4%	156,593,000	165,516,000	181,553,000	169,385,000	169,984,000	179,311,000	182,485,000	175,997,000	165,956,000	200,066,000	144,531,000	130,963,000	-	-	-
S&GA Expenses	-8.0%	39,012,000	42,382,000	44,910,000	47,451,000	48,829,000	42,411,000	41,886,000	42,333,000	45,506,000	84,983,000	38,605,000	29,606,000	-	25,391,000	-
EBITDA Margin	60.7%	0.05	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.09	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.03	-0.07	0.02	-0.01	-0.01	0.16	-
Interest Expenses	-0.3%	-9,330,000	-9,305,000	-8,990,000	-8,608,000	-8,828,000	-7,764,000	-6,619,000	-6,336,000	-8,016,000	-7,668,000	-7,603,000	-7,570,000	-	7,817,000	-
Income Taxes	87.4%	7,406,500	3,952,000	-100,000	1,100,000	-4,277,000	3,481,000	5,400,000	4,085,000	-2,344,500	-12,633,000	4,000,000	500,000	-	5,727,000	-
Earnings Before Taxes	-36.3%	4,014,000	6,306,000	238,000	1,693,000	-11,952,000	12,784,000	16,963,000	10,321,000	323,500	-37,889,000	7,423,000	1,154,000	-	-4,659,000	-
EBT Margin	430.0%	0.02	-0.01	0.00	0.03	0.04	0.05	-0.01	-0.03	-0.05	-0.07	-0.02	-0.13	-0.14	-0.13	-
Net Income	-243.8%	-3,384,000	2,354,000	323,000	591,000	-7,700,000	9,303,000	11,571,000	6,236,000	2,704,000	-25,256,000	3,397,000	628,000	-1,060,000	-10,386,000	-
Net Income Margin	97.4%	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.04	-0.01	-0.02	-0.03	-0.04	-0.01	-0.07	-0.12	-0.10	-
Free Cashflow	-6.2%	30,002,000	31,994,000	21,163,000	11,142,000	30,145,000	39,607,000	28,063,000	1,950,000	29,064,000	-7,723,000	22,393,000	21,637,000	9,850,000	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet											(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2020Q4
Assets	-1.7%	1,363	1,387	1,401	1,412	1,407	1,425	1,416	1,395	1,372	1,430	1,316
Current Assets	-5.9%	225	239	240	227	271	282	259	222	200	328	163
Cash Equivalents	8.6%	54.00	50.00	49.00	51.00	103	99.00	66.00	44.00	48.00	192	67.00
Net PPE	5.0%	8.00	7.00	7.00	10.00	10.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	10.00	14.00
Goodwill	0.1%	879	878	879	27.00	850	849	850	852	853	831	832
Liabilities	-0.7%	661	666	670	680	671	677	680	674	663	729	733
Current Liabilities	6.8%	148	139	133	130	134	127	130	124	130	106	86.00
Long Term Debt	-0.7%	480	483	487	490	494	496	497	498	499	599	602
LT Debt, Current	14.3%	15.00	13.00	11.00	9.00	8.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	-	13.00
LT Debt, Non Current	-0.7%	480	483	487	490	494	496	497	498	499	599	602
Shareholder's Equity	-2.6%	702	721	731	733	737	748	736	721	710	701	583
Retained Earnings	-1.8%	-186	-183	-185	-185	-186	-179	-188	-200	-206	-208	-187
Additional Paid-In Capital	1.2%	983	972	961	951	943	936	928	922	917	911	771
Shares Outstanding	-1.9%	93.00	95.00	97.00	98.00	97.00	94.00	94.00	94.00	96.00	89.00	88.00
Float	-	-	-	530	-	-	-	563	-	704	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)															(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2019Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-4.9%	31,185	32,778	21,616	11,282	30,665	40,319	29,834	3,445	29,679	-6,364	23,307	21,983	-	-	-
Share Based Compensation	-23.7%	7,466	9,783	9,358	8,043	6,381	6,293	6,023	5,108	5,344	25,583	755	898	-	-	-
Cashflow From Investing	8.3%	-5,620	-6,132	-4,643	-53,055	-4,464	-4,799	-5,640	-5,233	-70,777	-5,304	-5,110	-4,185	-	-	-
Cashflow From Financing	7.8%	-22,331	-24,214	-18,980	-10,378	-22,930	-151	-1,087	-1,771	-103,387	110,534	-8,107	-127	-	-	-
Buy Backs	4.9%	21,719	20,701	17,631	7,711	13,962	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

STER Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
REVENUES	$ 719,640	$ 766,782	$ 641,884
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below)	384,653	407,683	313,155
Corporate technology and production systems	44,415	50,487	44,323
Selling, general and administrative	173,755	175,459	198,700
Depreciation and amortization	62,853	73,140	82,064
Impairments and disposals of long-lived assets	7,371	1,008	3,274
Total operating expenses	673,047	707,777	641,516
OPERATING INCOME	46,593	59,005	368
OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME):
Interest expense, net	36,233	29,547	30,857
(Gain) loss on interest rate swaps	0	(297)	31
Other income	(1,891)	(2,034)	(1,532)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	3,673	0
Total other expense, net	34,342	30,889	29,356
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	12,251	28,116	(28,988)
Income tax provision (benefit)	12,367	8,706	(10,461)
NET (LOSS) INCOME	(116)	19,410	(18,527)
Unrealized loss on hedged transactions, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(702), $0 and $95 respectively	(3,468)	0	(270)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(138), $(288) and $53, respectively	2,425	(5,005)	(694)
Total other comprehensive loss	(1,043)	(5,005)	(964)
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME	$ (1,159)	$ 14,405	$ (19,491)
Net (loss) income per share attributable to stockholders
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.21	$ (0.21)
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.20	$ (0.21)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	91,587,311	94,052,435	90,218,386
Diluted (in shares)	91,587,311	98,866,004	90,218,386

STER Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 54,224	$ 103,095
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for credit losses of $2,816 and $2,304 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively)	142,179	139,579
Insurance receivable	2,937	921
Prepaid expenses	9,651	13,433
Other current assets	15,800	13,654
Total current assets	224,791	270,682
Property and equipment, net	7,695	10,341
Goodwill	879,408	849,609
Intangible assets, net	230,212	241,036
Deferred tax assets	4,818	4,452
Operating leases right-of-use asset	6,452	20,084
Other noncurrent assets, net	10,067	11,050
TOTAL ASSETS	1,363,443	1,407,254
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	38,879	38,372
Litigation settlement obligation	5,279	4,165
Accrued expenses	63,987	67,047
Current portion of long-term debt	15,000	7,500
Operating leases liability, current portion	4,219	3,717
Income tax payable, current portion	8,933	278
Other current liabilities	11,839	12,661
Total current liabilities	148,136	133,740
Long-term debt, net	479,788	493,990
Deferred tax liabilities	14,239	23,707
Long-term operating leases liability, net of current portion	7,278	16,835
Other liabilities	12,058	2,336
Total liabilities	661,499	670,608
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 13)
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding)	0	0
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 99,966,158 shares issued and 93,194,403 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023; 97,765,120 shares issued and 96,717,883 shares outstanding at December 31, 2022)	98	76
Additional paid-in capital	983,283	942,789
Common stock held in treasury (6,771,755 and 1,047,237 shares at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively)	(88,918)	(14,859)
Accumulated deficit	(186,564)	(186,448)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(5,955)	(4,912)
Total stockholders’ equity	701,944	736,646
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$ 1,363,443	$ 1,407,254

About Sterling Check Corp.

Sterling Check Corp. provides technology-enabled background and identity verification services in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers identity verification services, such as telecom and device verification, identification document verification, facial recognition with biometric matching, social security number verification, and live video chat identification proofing; fingerprinting; background checks, including criminal record checks, sex offender registries, civil court records, motor vehicle and driving license records, executive investigations, credit reports, social media searches, and contingent workforce solutions; liens, judgments, and bankruptcies; and sanctions, risk, and compliance checks. It also provides credential verification services, which include employment verification, education verification, credential verification, professional reference checks, and department of transportation; drug and health screening; onboarding solutions, including Sterling I-9 that integrates a suite of screening and onboarding services and onboarding forms; and workforce, medical license, and motor vehicle records monitoring solutions. The company's services are delivered through its cloud-based technology platform that empowers organizations with real-time and data-driven insights to conduct and manage their employment screening programs. It serves a client base in a range of industries, such as healthcare, gig economy, financial and business services, industrials, retail, contingent, technology, media and entertainment, transportation and logistics, hospitality, education, and government. The company was formerly known as Sterling Ultimate Parent Corp. and changed its name to Sterling Check Corp. in August 2021. Sterling Check Corp. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

CEO	Mr. Joshua L. Peirez
WEBSITE	sterlingcheck.com
INDUSTRY	Software - Infra
EMPLOYEES	6000

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As of Wed Apr 24 2024, market cap of Sterling Check Corp. is 1.43 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

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What is Sterling Check Corp.'s Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Wed Apr 24 2024, STER's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -12310.8 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 1.98. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. STER PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.