West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
General ticker "WST" information:
- Sector: Health Care
- Industry: Medical - Instruments & Supplies
- Capitalization: $18.5B (TTM average)
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 53.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 265.99$, high 273.17$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-04-23 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (irregularly): last record date 2026-01-28, amount 0.22$ (Y0.08%)
- Total employees count: 10600 as of 2024
- US accounted for 42.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Manufacturing disruptions, Currency fluctuations, Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance, Liquidity and credit risks
- Price in estimated range
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [235.19$, 327.76$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [249.86$, 345.36$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WST estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 37.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 20.09 > 18.52
- Positive: 0.07 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.81
- Positive: -0.01 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 2.91
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 74.38 > 64.25
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.36 > 6.12
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.01
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Long-term WST plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,918.40MM | $2,872.20MM | $3,073.70MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,242.40MM | $2,302.30MM | $2,456.30MM |
| Operating Income | $676.00MM | $569.90MM | $617.40MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $22.00MM | $15.60MM | $-2.10MM |
| Interest Expense | $9.00MM | $3.00MM | $0.60MM |
| R&D Expense | $68.40MM | $69.10MM | $74.30MM |
| Income(Loss) | $698.00MM | $585.50MM | $615.30MM |
| Taxes | $122.30MM | $107.50MM | $121.60MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $17.70MM | $14.70MM | $0.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $593.40MM | $492.70MM | $493.70MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,881.00MM | $2,682.30MM | $3,176.00MM |
| Inventory | $434.70MM | $377.00MM | $443.90MM |
| Assets | $3,829.50MM | $3,643.40MM | $4,270.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $776.50MM | $653.40MM | $754.80MM |
| Capital expenditure | $362.00MM | $377.00MM | $285.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-368.70MM | $-378.70MM | $-285.90MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-459.60MM | $-622.60MM | $-185.10MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $7.99 | $6.75 | $6.83 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.