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 87.04% of US stocks.
• WST's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• WST's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 5.5% of US stocks).

WST Stock Summary

• West Pharmaceutical Services Inc's market capitalization of $30,761,491,637 is ahead of 90.98% of US-listed equities.
• WST's went public 34.25 years ago, making it older than 89.32% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for WST is currently 52.67, higher than 90.49% of US stocks with positive operating 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 SIRI, BCPC, SSTK, ICUI, and ALGN.
• 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 16.3% higher, now standing at 13.2.
• WST's price/earnings ratio has moved NA NA over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, WST's price/earnings ratio has gone NA NA.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WST.

WST Growth Metrics

The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 88.27%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 71.1%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 177.8%.

WST's revenue has moved up $1,086,400,000 over the prior 34 months.

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

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	2,831.6	584	661.8
2021-09-30	2,681	571.9	612.5
2021-06-30	2,522.5	500.4	519.2
2021-03-31	2,326.1	504.1	423.1
2020-12-31	2,146.9	472.5	346.2
2020-09-30	2,037.3	430.2	311.7

WST's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• 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.