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WST vs. CHE, EHC, COO, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, XRAY, HAE, QDEL, and STAA

Should you be buying West Pharmaceutical Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Pharmaceutical Services include Chemed (CHE), Encompass Health (EHC), Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), Haemonetics (HAE), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), and STAAR Surgical (STAA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

West Pharmaceutical Services vs. Its Competitors

West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) and Chemed (NYSE:CHE) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

West Pharmaceutical Services currently has a consensus price target of $320.71, suggesting a potential upside of 31.35%. Chemed has a consensus price target of $592.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.87%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Chemed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
West Pharmaceutical Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Chemed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 16.48% compared to Chemed's net margin of 11.56%. Chemed's return on equity of 25.83% beat West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
West Pharmaceutical Services16.48% 18.43% 13.67%
Chemed 11.56%25.83%17.77%

West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemed has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Chemed had 1 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Chemed and 16 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. West Pharmaceutical Services' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Chemed's score of 1.47 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
West Pharmaceutical Services
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Chemed
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

West Pharmaceutical Services pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Chemed pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. West Pharmaceutical Services pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemed pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Chemed has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Chemed is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Chemed shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Chemed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

West Pharmaceutical Services has higher revenue and earnings than Chemed. Chemed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Pharmaceutical Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
West Pharmaceutical Services$2.89B6.07$492.70M$6.6836.55
Chemed$2.43B2.75$302M$19.4523.63

Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services and Chemed tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WST vs. The Competition

MetricWest Pharmaceutical ServicesMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.54B$16.90B$5.75B$21.15B
Dividend Yield0.34%1.48%6.66%3.50%
P/E Ratio36.5217.6382.2029.04
Price / Sales6.072.39531.0548.03
Price / Cash27.4116.8925.7018.29
Price / Book5.993.7110.475.29
Net Income$492.70M$472.13M$3.28B$997.87M
7 Day Performance-0.81%-2.30%-0.17%-0.63%
1 Month Performance2.10%1.67%10.19%6.33%
1 Year Performance-19.72%6.31%46.75%13.76%

West Pharmaceutical Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.9624 of 5 stars
$244.17
+0.2%
$320.71
+31.3%
-22.3%$17.54B$2.89B36.5210,600Positive News
CHE
Chemed
4.9812 of 5 stars
$456.34
-0.6%
$579.75
+27.0%
-20.6%$6.65B$2.43B23.4615,695Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
EHC
Encompass Health
4.4903 of 5 stars
$122.08
-0.6%
$134.00
+9.8%
+32.9%$12.30B$5.37B23.8940,000Positive News
COO
Cooper Companies
4.4552 of 5 stars
$73.48
-2.3%
$96.73
+31.6%
-38.2%$14.69B$3.90B35.6716,000Earnings Report
Insider Trade
ALGN
Align Technology
4.9747 of 5 stars
$144.96
-3.1%
$215.00
+48.3%
-42.2%$10.51B$4.00B24.4520,945Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.7589 of 5 stars
$88.16
-1.4%
$107.00
+21.4%
-6.2%$5.22B$1.43B44.757,400Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.6873 of 5 stars
$125.81
-1.8%
$179.00
+42.3%
-23.2%$3.11B$2.38B-82.7715,000Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.9631 of 5 stars
$14.40
-1.8%
$18.64
+29.4%
-45.4%$2.87B$3.79B-3.0414,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8038 of 5 stars
$55.30
-1.9%
$85.18
+54.0%
-29.0%$2.66B$1.36B16.913,023Positive News
Short Interest ↑
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.3571 of 5 stars
$27.65
-0.9%
$42.17
+52.5%
-33.1%$1.88B$2.78B-4.236,600Positive News
STAA
STAAR Surgical
3.2158 of 5 stars
$27.49
-1.3%
$20.67
-24.8%
-16.2%$1.36B$313.90M-14.241,211Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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