West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST): Price and Financial Metrics

WST POWR Grades

• WST scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 87.03% of US stocks.
• WST's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• WST ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 6th percentile.

WST Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $25,290,736,240, WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC has a greater market value than 91.62% of US stocks.
• WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 90.53% of US equities in our set.
• The price/operating cash flow metric for WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC is higher than 88.35% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC, a group of peers worth examining would be ALGN, FTV, CSGP, XYL, and GGG.
• WST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC's official web site, go to www.westpharma.com.

WST Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, WST's price/sales ratio is 300% higher, now standing at 8.8.
• Over the past 243 months, WST's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 17.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WST.

WST Growth Metrics

The 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 42.95%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 97.93%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 58.88%.

The table below shows WST's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

WST's Quality Factors

• WST has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 77.04% of graded US stocks.
• WST's asset turnover comes in at 0.924 -- ranking 9th of 22 Rubber and Plastic Products stocks.
• TUP, MYE, and ENTG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WST.

The table below shows WST's key quality metrics over time.