WST vs. COO, ALGN, MMSI, HAE, ICUI, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS
Should you be buying West Pharmaceutical Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Pharmaceutical Services include Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
West Pharmaceutical Services vs. Its Competitors
Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, West Pharmaceutical Services had 23 more articles in the media than Cooper Companies. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services and 17 mentions for Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat West Pharmaceutical Services' score of 0.27 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cooper Companies received 358 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote.
Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
West Pharmaceutical Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies 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.
24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.60% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
Cooper Companies presently has a consensus target price of $100.38, suggesting a potential upside of 41.61%. West Pharmaceutical Services has a consensus target price of $332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.71%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Cooper Companies.
Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WST) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
