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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc (NYSE: WST) closed the day trading at $239.26 down -3.99% from the previous closing price of $249.21. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.98 million shares were traded. WST stock price reached its highest trading level at $247.395 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $237.66.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WST, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 33.75 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 50.01. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.08 and its Current Ratio is at 2.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.10.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Barclays on June 24, 2025, initiated with a Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $245.
On March 18, 2025, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $275.
Deutsche Bank Upgraded its Hold to Buy on February 14, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $250.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 29 ’24 when Witherspoon Charles sold 703 shares for $310.40 per share. The transaction valued at 218,211 led to the insider holds 1,253 shares of the business.
Witherspoon Charles sold 1,029 shares of WST for $308,700 on Aug 19 ’24. The VP & Treasurer now owns 1,478 shares after completing the transaction at $300.00 per share. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Green Eric Mark, who serves as the President, CEO and Board Chair of the company, sold 30,732 shares for $304.71 each. As a result, the insider received 9,364,409 and left with 161,898 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WST now has a Market Capitalization of 17204539392 and an Enterprise Value of 17003046912. As of this moment, West’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 35.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 31.75. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.56. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.87. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.744 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.536.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WST is 1.06, which has changed by -0.20321035 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18569505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WST has reached a high of $352.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $187.43. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.16%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WST traded about 705.00K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WST traded about 1225360 shares per day. A total of 71.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 71.45M. Insiders hold about 0.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 97.51% stake in the company. Shares short for WST as of 1752537600 were 1831553 with a Short Ratio of 2.60, compared to 1749772800 on 2082235. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1831553 and a Short% of Float of 3.35.
Dividends & Splits
WST’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.84, up from 0.83 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0033305243The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.24. The current Payout Ratio is 12.27% for WST, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-30 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-09-27 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
