WST Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (West Pharmaceutical Servs | NYSE:WST)

West Pharmaceutical Services is based in Pennsylvania and is a key supplier to firms in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generic drug industries. West sells elastomer-based packaging components (including stoppers, seals, and plungers), nonglass containment solutions, and auto-injectors for injectable drugs, which include large-molecule biologics, peptides such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, and small-molecule drugs. The company reports in two segments: proprietary products (about 80% of total revenue) and contract-manufactured products (about 20% of total revenue). It generates approximately 55% of its revenue from international markets and 45% from the United States.

West Pharmaceutical Servs trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WST.

As of December 12, 2025, WST stock price declined to $267.56 with 760,849 million shares trading.

WST has a beta of 0.80, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WST has a correlation of 0.07 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WST has a market cap of $19.25 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter West Pharmaceutical Servs reported $805 million in Revenue and $1.96 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $18 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.28.

In the last 3 years, WST traded as high as $415.73 and as low as $187.43.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WST belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, VUG, MOAT.

WST has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -19.1% while the SPY ETF gained +14.0%. However, in the short term, WST had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +5.6% vs +4.0% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, WST shares have been beat by the market, returning -3.5% compared to an SPY return of -0.2%.

WST support price is $267.09 and resistance is $277.99 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WST shares will trade within this expected range on the day.