West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Stock Insights

WST price $403.64 +5.35 +1.34%

Ticker
WST
Price
$403.64
Change
+5.35 +1.34%
Market cap ?
$28.41B
P/E ?
50.58
Forward P/E ?
44.97
Dividend yield ?
0.22%
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Medical - Instruments & Supplies
Stocklytics score
42
Value
14
Quality
68
Growth
43

Stocklytics score rationale: value 14, quality 68, growth 43.

Financials

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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST) specializes in the development, manufacturing, and global distribution of essential containment and delivery solutions for injectable pharmaceuticals and other healthcare products. The company's operations span across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region, structured into two primary business units: Proprietary Products and…

Fair value

WST fair value $218.48. Price $403.64. Price is 85% above fair value.

Above fair value, and more expensive than usual. A larger premium than on 96% of days in the past 5 years.

Fair value is an estimate of what one share is worth if future cash flows arrive as modeled. It is not a forecast of the share price. How discounted cash flow works.

Calculated with a 10-year free-cash-flow discount. Starting free cash flow 436.90M. Growth 18.33%. When analyst earnings forecasts are available, free cash flow in those years is forecast earnings times the company's usual conversion of earnings into free cash flow, kept between 60% and 130%. Years with fewer than 3 analyst estimates are left out. Growth then fades in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10, starting from the last well-covered year's growth, or from the pace across those years when the final year slows sharply, kept between 0% and 20%. Without those forecasts, year-1 growth is analyst revenue growth for the next full fiscal year, or 5-year historical revenue growth when that forecast is missing, held for five years, then fading in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10. Terminal growth 3.00%. Discount rate 10.49% (beta 1.1). Beta is kept between 0.8 and 2.0, which on its own would make the discount rate 8.7% to 15.3%. The rate is then capped at 12%. A cap is used because a discount above 12% pushes higher-beta stocks further from the price. The discount rate stays at least 5 percentage points above terminal growth. Shares 70.38M. Net debt -374.60M. The earnings value is next-12-months earnings per share, or trailing earnings when that forecast is missing, times the median P/E of the company's industry. That median uses listed stocks worth at least $10 billion with a positive P/E of 100 or below, and the industry needs at least eight of them. Otherwise the sector median is used when that group also has at least eight, then the market median of those large companies. The multiple used is the lower of that median and 1.25 times the stock's own 10-year median P/E, then kept between 8 and 30. If the stock has no 10-year median, the peer median is kept between 8 and 30. Fair value is the average of the cash-flow value and the earnings value when both exist. Card and credit companies use the earnings value only, because changes in customer receivables distort free cash flow. Model uncertainty is high when fair value is more than 60% from the price, or when most of the cash-flow value sits after year 10.

Model uncertainty high for this stock

Compare WST

Earnings

DateEPS actualEPS estimateRevenueRevenue estimate
2026-10-292.662.20874.50M827.12M
2026-07-232.372.08872.30M839.98M
2026-04-232.131.68844.90M780.31M
2026-02-122.041.83805.00M794.89M
2025-10-231.961.68804.30M785.71M
2025-07-241.841.51766.20M726.09M
2025-04-241.451.22698.00M712.98M
2025-02-131.821.71748.80M740.47M
2024-10-241.851.50746.90M709.62M
2024-07-251.521.74702.00M729.36M
2024-04-251.561.26695.40M670.62M
2024-02-151.831.78732.00M739.47M
2023-10-262.161.86747.40M750.31M
2023-07-272.111.93753.80M756.53M
2023-04-271.981.67716.60M698.19M
2023-02-161.771.38708.70M657.17M
2022-10-272.032.12686.90M727.42M
2022-07-282.472.21771.30M754.25M
2022-04-282.302.12720.00M720.92M
2022-02-172.041.92730.80M710.20M
2021-10-282.061.80706.50M687.09M
2021-07-292.461.74723.60M669.38M
2021-04-292.051.43670.70M611.39M
2021-02-181.341.13580.20M543.67M
2020-10-221.151.00548.00M476.52M
2020-07-231.250.91527.20M383.80M
2020-04-231.010.82491.50M399.04M
2020-02-130.820.72470.60M413.21M
2019-10-240.790.71456.10M409.91M
2019-07-250.890.72469.70M379.98M
2019-04-250.740.66443.50M395.55M
2019-02-140.730.72422.50M416.71M
2018-10-250.760.70431.70M397.62M
2018-07-260.700.67447.50M428.32M
2018-04-260.620.64415.70M429.11M
2018-02-150.640.62415.60M409.11M
2017-10-260.670.53398.20M314.99M
2017-07-270.660.65397.60M391.58M
2017-04-270.600.55387.70M263.25M
2017-02-160.540.56382.30M396.46M

Dividends

Yield 0.22%. Payout ratio 11.05%. Frequency Quarterly.

Safety score 91/100 · Safe. Payout ratio is 11% of earnings. Dividends use less than 40% of free cash flow. Dividends were paid in 40 separate years. Yield is 0.2%, which is low.

Ex-dateDividendRecordPaymentFrequency
2026-11-10$0.262026-11-112026-11-18Quarterly
2026-07-29$0.222026-07-292026-08-05Quarterly
2026-04-29$0.222026-04-292026-05-06Quarterly
2026-01-28$0.222026-01-282026-02-04Quarterly
2025-11-12$0.222025-11-122025-11-19Quarterly
2025-07-30$0.212025-07-302025-08-06Quarterly
2025-04-30$0.212025-04-302025-05-07Quarterly
2025-02-07$0.212025-02-072025-02-11Quarterly
2024-11-13$0.212024-11-132024-11-20Quarterly
2024-07-31$0.202024-07-312024-08-07Quarterly
2024-04-23$0.202024-04-242024-05-01Quarterly
2024-01-30$0.202024-01-312024-02-07Quarterly
2023-11-07$0.202023-11-082023-11-15Quarterly
2023-07-25$0.192023-07-262023-08-02Quarterly
2023-04-25$0.192023-04-262023-05-03Quarterly
2023-01-24$0.192023-01-252023-02-01Quarterly
2022-11-08$0.192022-11-092022-11-16Quarterly
2022-07-19$0.182022-07-202022-08-03Quarterly
2022-04-19$0.182022-04-202022-05-04Quarterly
2022-01-18$0.182022-01-192022-02-02Quarterly
2021-11-09$0.182021-11-102021-11-17Quarterly
2021-07-20$0.172021-07-212021-08-04Quarterly
2021-04-20$0.172021-04-212021-05-05Quarterly
2021-01-19$0.172021-01-202021-02-03Quarterly
2020-11-09$0.172020-11-112020-11-18Quarterly
2020-07-28$0.162020-07-292020-08-05Quarterly
2020-04-21$0.162020-04-222020-05-06Quarterly
2020-01-21$0.162020-01-222020-02-05Quarterly
2019-10-22$0.162019-10-232019-11-06Quarterly
2019-07-23$0.152019-07-242019-08-07Quarterly
2019-04-16$0.152019-04-172019-05-01Quarterly
2019-01-22$0.152019-01-232019-02-06Quarterly
2018-10-23$0.152018-10-242018-11-07Quarterly
2018-07-17$0.142018-07-182018-08-01Quarterly
2018-04-17$0.142018-04-182018-05-02Quarterly
2018-01-17$0.142018-01-182018-02-01Quarterly
2017-10-17$0.142017-10-182017-11-01Quarterly
2017-07-17$0.132017-07-192017-08-02Quarterly
2017-04-17$0.132017-04-192017-05-03Quarterly
2017-01-13$0.132017-01-182017-02-01Quarterly
2016-10-17$0.132016-10-192016-11-02Quarterly
2016-07-18$0.122016-07-202016-08-03Quarterly
2016-04-18$0.122016-04-202016-05-04Quarterly
2016-01-15$0.122016-01-202016-02-03Quarterly
2015-10-19$0.122015-10-212015-11-04Quarterly
2015-07-20$0.112015-07-222015-08-05Quarterly
2015-04-20$0.112015-04-222015-05-06Quarterly
2015-01-16$0.112015-01-212015-02-04Quarterly
2014-10-20$0.112014-10-222014-11-05Quarterly
2014-07-21$0.102014-07-232014-08-06Quarterly
2014-04-21$0.102014-04-232014-05-07Quarterly
2014-01-17$0.102014-01-222014-02-05Quarterly
2013-10-21$0.102013-10-232013-11-06Quarterly
2013-07-22$0.102013-07-242013-08-07Quarterly
2013-04-15$0.102013-04-172013-05-01Quarterly
2013-01-18$0.102013-01-232013-02-06Quarterly
2012-10-22$0.102012-10-242012-11-07Quarterly
2012-07-16$0.092012-07-182012-08-01Quarterly
2012-04-16$0.092012-04-182012-05-02Quarterly
2012-01-13$0.092012-01-182012-02-01Quarterly
2011-10-17$0.092011-10-192011-11-02Quarterly
2011-07-18$0.092011-07-202011-08-03Quarterly
2011-04-18$0.092011-04-202011-05-04Quarterly
2011-01-14$0.092011-01-192011-02-02Quarterly
2010-10-18$0.092010-10-202010-11-03Quarterly
2010-07-19$0.082010-07-212010-08-04Quarterly
2010-04-19$0.082010-04-212010-05-05Quarterly
2010-01-15$0.082010-01-202010-02-03Quarterly
2009-10-19$0.082009-10-212009-11-04Quarterly
2009-07-20$0.072009-07-222009-08-05Quarterly
2009-04-20$0.072009-04-222009-05-06Quarterly
2009-01-16$0.072009-01-212009-02-04Quarterly
2008-10-20$0.072008-10-222008-11-05Quarterly
2008-07-21$0.072008-07-232008-08-06Quarterly
2008-04-21$0.072008-04-232008-05-07Quarterly
2008-01-18$0.072008-01-232008-02-06Quarterly
2007-10-22$0.072007-10-242007-11-07Quarterly
2007-07-16$0.072007-07-182007-08-01Quarterly
2007-04-16$0.072007-04-182007-05-02Quarterly
2007-01-22$0.072007-01-242007-02-07Quarterly

Insider trades

DateInsiderActionSharesPriceValue
2026-12-08Finch Norman D. Jr.Other459$269.08123.51K
2026-09-30HAUGEN JANET BRUTSCHEABuy44$370.7616.31K
2026-09-15Favorite Annette FBuy2.52K$89.64226.25K
2026-09-15Favorite Annette FSell2.52K$365.00921.26K
2026-09-15Favorite Annette FSell2.52K$89.64226.25K
2026-09-14Favorite Annette FBuy2.50K$89.64224.10K
2026-09-14Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$355.00887.50K
2026-09-14Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$89.64224.10K
2026-09-11Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$345.00862.50K
2026-09-11Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$89.64224.10K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FBuy2.82K$83.47235.22K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FBuy2.82K$83.47235.13K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FBuy2.50K$89.64224.10K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$340.81852.02K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FSell2.50K$89.64224.10K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FSell2.82K$83.47235.13K
2026-09-08Favorite Annette FSell2.82K$83.47235.22K
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy13.88K$337.754.69M
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy12.09K$337.754.08M
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy11.08K$337.753.74M
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy6.20K——
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy4.95K——
2026-09-08Lagarde MichelBuy3.60K——
2026-08-31Lagarde MichelOther0——
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Buy6.35K——
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Sell2.76K$351.37971.07K
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Buy794——
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Sell346$351.37121.40K
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Sell794——
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Sell6.35K——
2026-08-11McMahon Robert W.Other7.14K$240.331.72M
2026-06-30HAUGEN JANET BRUTSCHEABuy46$359.0016.51K
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenSell474——
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenSell296——
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenBuy474——
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenSell135$312.0742.11K
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenBuy296——
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenSell84$312.0726.32K
2026-05-12Campbell Shane AldenOther2.85K$219.46625.90K
2026-05-04Pucci PaoloBuy791——
2026-05-04Michels Douglas ABuy791——
2026-05-04Lockhart Stephen HBuy791——
2026-05-04LAI GOLDMAN MYLABuy791——
2026-05-04Keller Deborah LBuy791——
2026-05-04Joseph MollyBuy791——
2026-05-04HAUGEN JANET BRUTSCHEABuy791——
2026-05-04FRIEL ROBERT FBuy791——
2026-05-04Feehery William FBuy791——
2026-05-04BUTHMAN MARK ABuy791——
2026-04-27Favorite Annette FBuy2.82K$83.47235.13K
2026-04-27Favorite Annette FSell2.82K$305.20859.75K
2026-04-27Favorite Annette FSell2.82K$83.47235.13K
2026-04-27Winters ChadBuy896$173.22155.21K
2026-04-27Winters ChadSell896$300.67269.40K
2026-04-27Winters ChadSell896$173.22155.21K
2026-03-31HAUGEN JANET BRUTSCHEABuy52——
2026-03-01Finch Norman D. Jr.Buy3.06K$254.34777.52K
2026-03-01Finch Norman D. Jr.Buy1.28K——
2026-03-01Green Eric MarkBuy16.63K$254.344.23M
2026-03-01Green Eric MarkBuy6.99K——
2026-03-01Favorite Annette FBuy1.71K$254.34435.43K
2026-03-01Favorite Annette FBuy720——
2026-03-01Campbell Shane AldenBuy2.69K$254.34684.43K
2026-03-01Campbell Shane AldenBuy1.13K——
2026-03-01McMahon Robert W.Buy7.34K$254.341.87M
2026-03-01McMahon Robert W.Buy3.08K——
2026-03-01Poussot Rodolphe JeanBuy1.04K$254.34264.51K
2026-03-01Poussot Rodolphe JeanBuy437——
2026-03-01Winters ChadBuy808$254.34205.51K
2026-03-01Winters ChadBuy340——
2026-02-20Poussot Rodolphe JeanBuy383——
2026-02-20Poussot Rodolphe JeanSell130$241.1231.24K
2026-02-20Poussot Rodolphe JeanSell383——
2026-02-20Witherspoon CharlesBuy60——
2026-02-20Witherspoon CharlesSell22$241.125.32K
2026-02-20Witherspoon CharlesSell60——
2026-02-20Winters ChadBuy89——
2026-02-20Winters ChadSell30$241.127.28K
2026-02-20Winters ChadSell89——
2026-02-18Poussot Rodolphe JeanBuy82——
2026-02-18Poussot Rodolphe JeanSell28$248.266.90K
2026-02-18Poussot Rodolphe JeanSell82——
2026-02-18Green Eric MarkBuy1.32K——
2026-02-18Green Eric MarkSell574$248.26142.39K
2026-02-18Green Eric MarkSell1.32K——
2026-02-18Favorite Annette FBuy135——
2026-02-18Favorite Annette FSell36$248.268.88K
2026-02-18Favorite Annette FSell135——
2026-02-18Poussot Rodolphe JeanOther760$211.00160.36K
2026-02-17Witherspoon CharlesBuy116——
2026-02-17Witherspoon CharlesSell42$243.1910.10K
2026-02-17Winters ChadBuy150——
2026-02-17Winters ChadSell51$243.1912.30K
2026-02-17Green Eric MarkBuy4.42K——
2026-02-17Green Eric MarkSell1.31K$243.19317.46K
2026-02-17Favorite Annette FBuy442——
2026-02-17Favorite Annette FSell150$243.1936.59K
2026-02-11McMahon Robert W.Sell4.23K——
2026-02-11McMahon Robert W.Buy4.23K——
2026-02-11McMahon Robert W.Sell1.25K$246.16307.71K

Institutional holders

Latest filed quarter: Q2 2026.

Institutions holding: 856, holders +85 vs prior quarter. Ownership 98.70%.

HolderSharesChangeChange %Value
BLACKROCK, INC.6.65M-184.93K-2.70%2.39B
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC4.61M-70.15K-1.50%1.66B
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC4.02M-78.24K-1.91%1.44B
FMR LLC3.57M2.33M+186.04%1.28B
STATE STREET CORP3.35M54.92K+1.67%1.20B
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP2.41M-246.10K-9.26%865.83M
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP2.04M-422.04K-17.12%733.73M
GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP2.03M-215.65K-9.61%728.17M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1.90M-9.18K-0.48%680.55M
T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.1.81M-535.38K-22.88%648.00M
MORGAN STANLEY1.58M124.26K+8.52%568.14M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.16M121.11K+11.61%413.03M
BROWN ADVISORY INC1.08M-265.57K-19.81%386.04M
LONGVIEW PARTNERS (GUERNSEY) LTD1.03M-281.58K-21.41%371.14M
INVESCO LTD.1.01M-46.16K-4.37%362.54M
UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC884.87K-17.90K-1.98%317.67M
NORGES BANK862.91K862.91KNew309.79M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC814.77K87.16K+11.98%292.50M
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC760.62K-97.68K-11.38%273.06M
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC731.05K-37.90K-4.93%262.45M
NORTHERN TRUST CORP709.42K-21.86K-2.99%254.68M
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS609.22K5.21K+0.86%218.71M
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP604.75K-108.83K-15.25%217.11M
PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC598.02K-62.06K-9.40%214.69M
FINDLAY PARK PARTNERS LLP596.65K-20.12K-3.26%214.20M

Insights

Revenue by product
PeriodValue
FY2012Delivery Systems: 352100000.0, Packaging Systems: 915100000.0
FY2013Delivery Systems: 374100000.0, Packaging Systems: 996000000.0
FY2014Delivery Systems: 402500000.0, Packaging Systems: 1019700000.0
FY2015Delivery Systems: 400200000.0, Packaging Systems: 1000700000.0
FY2016Contract Manufactured Products: 320200000.0
FY2017Contract Manufactured Products: 362500000.0
FY2018Contract Manufactured Products: 409100000.0
FY2019Contract Manufactured Products: 441500000.0
FY2020Contract Manufactured Products: 498600000.0
FY2021Contract Manufactured Products: 514700000.0, Proprietary Products: 2317300000.0
FY2022Contract Manufactured Products: 480400000.0, Proprietary Products: 2406800000.0
FY2023Contract Manufactured Products: 552500000.0, Proprietary Products: 2397300000.0
FY2024Contract Manufactured Products: 558700000.0, Proprietary Products: 2334500000.0
FY2025Contract Manufactured Products: 582000000.0, Proprietary Products: 2492100000.0
Revenue by region
PeriodValue
FY2012FRANCE: 102600000.0, GERMANY: 184400000.0, UNITED STATES: 592800000.0
FY2013FRANCE: 112600000.0, GERMANY: 219600000.0, Other Europe Countries: 279400000.0, UNITED STATES: 614500000.0
FY2014FRANCE: 118200000.0, GERMANY: 219400000.0, Other Europe Countries: 285000000.0, UNITED STATES: 655500000.0
FY2015FRANCE: 107600000.0, GERMANY: 194000000.0, Other Europe Countries: 252000000.0, UNITED STATES: 667400000.0
FY2016FRANCE: 116300000.0, GERMANY: 200600000.0, Other Europe Countries: 268300000.0, UNITED STATES: 738300000.0
FY2017FRANCE: 125600000.0, GERMANY: 226400000.0, Other Europe Countries: 318500000.0, UNITED STATES: 734600000.0
FY2018FRANCE: 127500000.0, GERMANY: 235900000.0, Other Europe Countries: 386100000.0, UNITED STATES: 766100000.0
FY2019FRANCE: 150600000.0, GERMANY: 236300000.0, IRELAND: 173800000.0, Other Europe Countries: 251100000.0, UNITED STATES: 814700000.0
FY2020FRANCE: 172700000.0, GERMANY: 282100000.0, IRELAND: 226000000.0, Other Europe Countries: 236800000.0, UNITED STATES: 975600000.0
FY2021FRANCE: 213000000.0, GERMANY: 474300000.0, IRELAND: 247600000.0, Other Europe Countries: 341300000.0, UNITED STATES: 1198000000.0
FY2022FRANCE: 237900000.0, GERMANY: 398700000.0, IRELAND: 240300000.0, Other Europe Countries: 359200000.0, UNITED STATES: 1286500000.0
FY2023FRANCE: 282900000.0, GERMANY: 406100000.0, IRELAND: 285700000.0, Other Europe Countries: 388100000.0, UNITED STATES: 1238500000.0
FY2024FRANCE: 242200000.0, GERMANY: 372500000.0, IRELAND: 323200000.0, Other Europe Countries: 385500000.0, UNITED STATES: 1230800000.0
FY2025FRANCE: 226600000.0, GERMANY: 380300000.0, IRELAND: 333300000.0, Other Europe Countries: 451000000.0, UNITED STATES: 1329600000.0

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West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Stock Insights

WST$403.64+5.35 +1.34%

$28.41B

Market Cap

50.58

P/E

44.97

Forward P/E

42

Score

Price History