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 August 28, 2026, WST stock price declined to $337.47 with 472,721 million shares trading.

WST has a beta of 0.85, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WST has a correlation of 0.10 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WST has a market cap of $23.76 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter West Pharmaceutical Servs reported $872 million in Revenue and $2.37 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $34 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.29.

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, IVV, VUG.

WST has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +37.8%, while the SPY ETF gained +19.7%. In the last 3 month period, WST beat the market returning +4.9%, while SPY returned +2.2%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WST has underperformed the stock market by returning -3.4%, while SPY returned -0.9%.

WST support price is $341.07 and resistance is $351.12 (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.