West Pharmaceutical (WST)

• Market cap: $16B
• 1 day: -1.66%
• 5 days: -2.63%
• 1 month: -3.46%
• 3 months: -32.96%
• 6 months: -26.56%
• Year to date: -32.96%
• 1 year: -44.40%
• 5 years: 46.97%
• 10 years: 286.99%
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

150% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 10 (+6) [Q4]

26% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 101 | Existing positions closed: 80

12% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 286 | Existing positions reduced: 256

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $20.5B [Q3] → $22.8B (+$2.27B) [Q4]

1.33% more ownership

Funds ownership: 94.64% [Q3] → 95.98% (+1.33%) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 720 [Q3] → 728 (+8) [Q4]

44% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $77.4M | Put options by funds: $139M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $275 25% upside
• Avg. target: $333 51% upside
• High target: $400 82% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Evercore ISI Group Daniel Markowitz 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target	25% upside $275	Outperform Initiated	18 Mar 2025
Keybanc Paul Knight 22% 1-year accuracy 2 / 9 met price target	48% upside $325	Overweight Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Citigroup Thomas Palmer 25% 1-year accuracy 8 / 32 met price target	82% upside $400	Buy Initiated	8 Jan 2025