West Pharmaceutical Services - WST Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for West Pharmaceutical Services in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" WST shares.
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West Pharmaceutical Services' stock was trading at $469.01 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, WST stock has decreased by 45.4% and is now trading at $256.26.
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West Pharmaceutical Services saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 712,200 shares, a decline of 17.2% from the August 15th total of 860,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 385,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE:WST) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The medical instruments supplier reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.19 by $0.28. The medical instruments supplier had revenue of $771.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $754.25 million. West Pharmaceutical Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.08% and a net margin of 23.41%. The business's revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.46 earnings per share.
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West Pharmaceutical Services declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, August 3rd. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 19th.
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West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.28%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 7.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WST will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.40% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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West Pharmaceutical Services updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.00-$9.15 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $9.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.95 billion-$2.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.05 billion.

107 employees have rated West Pharmaceutical Services Chief Executive Officer Eric M. Green on Glassdoor.com. Eric M. Green has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees. 60.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at West Pharmaceutical Services to a friend.

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West Pharmaceutical Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WST."

West Pharmaceutical Services' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedmont Private Capital (0.00%) and Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Annette F Favorite, David A Montecalvo, George Lloyd Miller, Patrick J Zenner, Quintin J Lai and Silji Abraham.
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One share of WST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $256.26.

West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) has a market capitalization of $18.98 billion and generates $2.83 billion in revenue each year. The medical instruments supplier earns $661.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,065 workers across the globe.

West Pharmaceutical Services' mailing address is 530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE, EXTON PA, 19341. The official website for the company is www.westpharma.com. The medical instruments supplier can be reached via phone at (610) 594-2900, via email at quintin.lai@westpharma.com, or via fax at 800-345-9800.