NOK vs STE Comparison

Nokia is a networking equipment vendor focused primarily on supporting wireless networks and, to a growing extent, Internet Protocol and optical systems. The firm operates three segments. The mobile infrastructure segment sells equipment and software used to operate the core of carrier and enterprise wireless networks. Network infrastructure comprises IP, optical, and fixed-network equipment, including switching and routing equipment, optical components, and devices used in fiber-to-the-premises networks. The portfolio business comprises businesses considered noncore to Nokia in the future, including fixed wireless access customer premises equipment, enterprise campus edge, and microwave radio.

Steris is an Ireland-domiciled medical technology company focused on sterilization services and infection prevention. The company is the global leader in contract sterilization services, ensuring the safe delivery of single-use and implantable medical equipment to hospitals around the world. Steris also sells sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, and other decontamination equipment and supplies for use by care provider facilities and in biopharma manufacturing sites. Domiciled in the United States before its inversion to Ireland, the firm derives approximately 70% of its revenue from Healthcare Services, 19% from Applied Sterilization Technologies, or AST, and 11% from life sciences services after the divestment of its dental products business.