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 March 31, 2026, WST stock price climbed to $250.64 with 745,464 million shares trading.

WST has a beta of 1.01, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. WST has a correlation of 0.20 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WST has a market cap of $18.03 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter West Pharmaceutical Servs reported $805 million in Revenue and $2.04 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $10 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.21.

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, IVV.

WST has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +13.2%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.4%. In the last 3 month period, WST fell short of the market, returning -9.4%, while SPY returned -5.1%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WST has outperformed the stock market by returning +4.3%, while SPY returned -2.5%.

WST support price is $240.07 and resistance is $250.21 (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.