Is West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)?

West Pharmaceutical Services last traded at $359.21 (-0.0% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

West Pharmaceutical Services

WST · NYSE · Healthcare · United States

$359.21-0.0%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:34 PM

Snapshot

TickerWST

ExchangeNYSE

SectorHealthcare

IndustryMedical Instruments & Supplies

CountryUnited States

Employees10,800

HeadquartersExton, United States

Market cap$25.4B

P/B8.5

Volume284.49K

Websitewww.westpharma.com

Filings tracked0

About West Pharmaceutical Services

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells containment and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Proprietary Products and Contract-Manufactured Products. The Proprietary Products segment offers stoppers and seals for injectable packaging systems; syringe and cartridge components, including custom solutions for the needs of injectable drug applications, as well as administration systems that enhance the safe delivery of drugs through advanced reconstitution, mixing, and transfer technologies; and films, coatings, washing, and vision inspection and sterilization processes and services to enhance the quality of packaging products. This segment also provides drug containment solutions in the form of vials, syringes, and cartridges; and self-injection devices; and a range of integrated solutions, including analytical lab services, pre-approval primary packaging support and engineering development, regulatory expertise, and after-sales technical support. This segment serves biologic, generic, and pharmaceutical drug companies. The Contract-Manufactured Products segment is involved in the design, manufacture, and automated assembly of devices used in surgical, diagnostic, ophthalmic, injectable, and other drug delivery systems, as well as consumer products. This segment primarily serves pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device companies. It sells and distributes its products through its sales force and distribution network, contract sales agents, and regional distributors. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.6%
Institutions99.4%
Public & other0.0%

1,126 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.9.68%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.63%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.79%
State Street Corporation4.66%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership3.76%
Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation3.49%
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.3.31%
Generation Investment Management LLP3.18%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $814.7M · EPS 2.12

Est. earnings growth +8.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $3.5B · EPS 9.62

Est. earnings growth +11.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$221.5052-wk range$367.66

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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