West Pharmaceutical Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for West Pharmaceutical Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" West Pharmaceutical Services stock.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for West Pharmaceutical Services' stock. Their WST stock forecasts range from $475.00 to $475.00. On average, they expect West Pharmaceutical Services' share price to reach $475.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.4% from the stock's current price.
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West Pharmaceutical Services' stock was trading at $469.01 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WST stock has decreased by 34.4% and is now trading at $307.74.
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West Pharmaceutical Services saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 728,100 shares, a drop of 14.4% from the May 15th total of 850,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 423,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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West Pharmaceutical Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE:WST) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The medical instruments supplier reported $2.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.18 by $0.12. The medical instruments supplier had revenue of $720 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $720.92 million. West Pharmaceutical Services had a net margin of 23.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.33%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.05 EPS.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.23%. 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 0.23%. West Pharmaceutical Services 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 of West Pharmaceutical Services is 8.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, West Pharmaceutical Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.99% next year. This indicates that West Pharmaceutical Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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West Pharmaceutical Services updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.30-$9.45 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.28. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.05 billion-$3.08 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.07 billion.

107 employees have rated West Pharmaceutical Services CEO Eric M. Green on Glassdoor.com. Eric M. Green has an approval rating of 75% among West Pharmaceutical Services' 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."

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One share of WST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $307.74.

West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) has a market capitalization of $22.80 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 $9.00 on an earnings per share basis.

West Pharmaceutical Services employs 10,065 workers across the globe.

West Pharmaceutical Services was founded in 1923.

West Pharmaceutical Services' mailing address is 530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE, EXTON PA, 19341. The official website for West Pharmaceutical Services 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.