Arguably, few industries are as highly regulated as medical waste, and that regulation and an increasingly older population means medical waste manager Stericycle 's ( Gross profit on a generally accepted accounting principles basis improved by 12.5% to $285 million. After adjusting for currency translation and one-time items, Stericycle reported earnings per share, or EPS, of $1.12, up 13.2% from the $0.99 notched the year before.