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Stocks Info
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc is listed on the NYSE in the Healthcare sector while operating in the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry. The current market capitalization of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc is $15.98B. A total of 1.75 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 738.13K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Witherspoon Charles sold 703 shares of WST for 310.40 per share on Oct 29 ’24. After the transaction, the VP & Treasurer now owns 1,253 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 19 ’24, Witherspoon Charles sold 1,029 shares at 300.00 per share. WST shares that VP & Treasurer owns now total 1,478.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Hofmann Thomas W disposed of 617 shares on May 10 ’24 at a per-share price of $365.92. This resulted in the Director holding 43,565 shares of WST after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Green Eric Mark sold 30,732 shares at $304.71 per share on Aug 06 ’24. Company shares held by the President, CEO and Board Chair now total 161,898.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc pays an annual dividend of $0.82, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.37%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.05. WST’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.41% when it declared a $0.21 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/30/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 2/7/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 0.2%. The WST stock dividend was $0.21 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WST has a high of $400.88 and a low of $197.01.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. WST’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $762.60M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $325.30M in debt and $594.10M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $37.10, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.34B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WST is Buy with a score of 4.80.
