West Pharmaceutical Services Stock Beta

WST Stock

USD 320.88 9.22 2.96%

West Pharmaceutical Services fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to West Pharmaceutical's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of West Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure West Pharmaceutical's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to West Pharmaceutical stock.

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West Pharmaceutical Services Company Beta Analysis

West Pharmaceutical's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current West Pharmaceutical Beta

1.0

Most of West Pharmaceutical's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, West Pharmaceutical Services is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

West Beta Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for West Pharmaceutical is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of West Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Beta. Since West Pharmaceutical's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of West Pharmaceutical's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of West Pharmaceutical's interrelated accounts and indicators.

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Good Will	Treasury Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Current Deferred Revenue	Short Term Investments	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Deferred Long Term Liab	Long Term Investments	Accumulated Depreciation	Short Long Term Debt	Cash And Equivalents	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.98	-0.87	0.97	0.98	0.76	0.99	0.65	-0.35	0.98	0.54	-0.56	0.47	-0.86	0.97	0.15	0.87	0.95	-0.61	0.53	0.61	0.81	-0.91	0.52	0.86	0.9	0.89	-0.62
Total Stockholder Equity	0.98		-0.93	0.99	0.99	0.66	0.99	0.65	-0.5	0.97	0.55	-0.68	0.36	-0.91	0.97	0.05	0.87	0.99	-0.69	0.59	0.59	0.82	-0.95	0.52	0.88	0.91	0.91	-0.64
Net Debt	-0.87	-0.93		-0.93	-0.92	-0.5	-0.93	-0.54	0.71	-0.87	-0.48	0.77	-0.06	0.96	-0.84	0.08	-0.86	-0.95	0.71	-0.59	-0.65	-0.84	0.93	-0.44	-0.91	-0.93	-0.94	0.54
Retained Earnings	0.97	0.99	-0.93		0.97	0.66	0.98	0.71	-0.51	0.94	0.47	-0.72	0.3	-0.92	0.97	0.06	0.87	1.0	-0.64	0.52	0.6	0.77	-0.9	0.61	0.88	0.92	0.91	-0.72
Net Receivables	0.98	0.99	-0.92	0.97		0.71	0.99	0.59	-0.45	0.98	0.56	-0.61	0.41	-0.9	0.96	0.11	0.88	0.96	-0.66	0.59	0.63	0.86	-0.96	0.44	0.89	0.91	0.92	-0.57
Total Liab	0.76	0.66	-0.5	0.66	0.71		0.73	0.38	0.13	0.72	0.16	-0.06	0.51	-0.56	0.65	0.68	0.77	0.63	0.02	-0.01	0.73	0.68	-0.57	0.37	0.67	0.7	0.69	-0.4
Total Current Assets	0.99	0.99	-0.93	0.98	0.99	0.73		0.61	-0.44	0.97	0.53	-0.62	0.38	-0.91	0.96	0.13	0.89	0.97	-0.63	0.54	0.65	0.84	-0.94	0.5	0.9	0.93	0.94	-0.6
Short Term Debt	0.65	0.65	-0.54	0.71	0.59	0.38	0.61		-0.33	0.61	0.15	-0.71	0.16	-0.58	0.7	-0.06	0.49	0.69	-0.42	0.25	0.31	0.29	-0.46	0.86	0.48	0.56	0.47	-0.82
Intangible Assets	-0.35	-0.5	0.71	-0.51	-0.45	0.13	-0.44	-0.33		-0.37	-0.16	0.85	0.52	0.69	-0.38	0.48	-0.46	-0.58	0.6	-0.51	-0.28	-0.43	0.54	-0.24	-0.5	-0.51	-0.52	0.4
Accounts Payable	0.98	0.97	-0.87	0.94	0.98	0.72	0.97	0.61	-0.37		0.6	-0.57	0.49	-0.83	0.96	0.11	0.86	0.93	-0.65	0.62	0.61	0.84	-0.94	0.46	0.85	0.86	0.86	-0.57
Common Stock	0.54	0.55	-0.48	0.47	0.56	0.16	0.53	0.15	-0.16	0.6		-0.24	0.59	-0.32	0.6	-0.26	0.33	0.46	-0.76	0.84	0.09	0.54	-0.63	0.0	0.46	0.4	0.4	0.0
Long Term Debt	-0.56	-0.68	0.77	-0.72	-0.61	-0.06	-0.62	-0.71	0.85	-0.57	-0.24		0.25	0.75	-0.62	0.45	-0.56	-0.76	0.69	-0.53	-0.32	-0.45	0.62	-0.61	-0.59	-0.63	-0.59	0.7
Good Will	0.47	0.36	-0.06	0.3	0.41	0.51	0.38	0.16	0.52	0.49	0.59	0.25		-0.03	0.5	0.34	0.16	0.23	-0.22	0.33	0.07	0.28	-0.34	0.0	0.19	0.17	0.18	-0.01
Treasury Stock	-0.86	-0.91	0.96	-0.92	-0.9	-0.56	-0.91	-0.58	0.69	-0.83	-0.32	0.75	-0.03		-0.82	-0.06	-0.86	-0.95	0.57	-0.45	-0.71	-0.8	0.88	-0.44	-0.92	-0.95	-0.95	0.58
Property Plant Equipment	0.97	0.97	-0.84	0.97	0.96	0.65	0.96	0.7	-0.38	0.96	0.6	-0.62	0.5	-0.82		0.07	0.78	0.95	-0.68	0.61	0.49	0.72	-0.89	0.55	0.79	0.83	0.81	-0.68
Current Deferred Revenue	0.15	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.11	0.68	0.13	-0.06	0.48	0.11	-0.26	0.45	0.34	-0.06	0.07		0.15	0.03	0.6	-0.54	0.53	0.1	0.04	0.01	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.02
Short Term Investments	0.87	0.87	-0.86	0.87	0.88	0.77	0.89	0.49	-0.46	0.86	0.33	-0.56	0.16	-0.86	0.78	0.15		0.88	-0.42	0.4	0.72	0.92	-0.85	0.43	0.87	0.89	0.89	-0.54
Net Tangible Assets	0.95	0.99	-0.95	1.0	0.96	0.63	0.97	0.69	-0.58	0.93	0.46	-0.76	0.23	-0.95	0.95	0.03	0.88		-0.65	0.53	0.62	0.79	-0.91	0.59	0.89	0.93	0.91	-0.71
Long Term Debt Total	-0.61	-0.69	0.71	-0.64	-0.66	0.02	-0.63	-0.42	0.6	-0.65	-0.76	0.69	-0.22	0.57	-0.68	0.6	-0.42	-0.65		-0.92	-0.05	-0.53	0.75	-0.22	-0.53	-0.52	-0.53	0.3
Capital Surpluse	0.53	0.59	-0.59	0.52	0.59	-0.01	0.54	0.25	-0.51	0.62	0.84	-0.53	0.33	-0.45	0.61	-0.54	0.4	0.53	-0.92		0.03	0.58	-0.73	-0.01	0.45	0.39	0.41	-0.14
Deferred Long Term Liab	0.61	0.59	-0.65	0.6	0.63	0.73	0.65	0.31	-0.28	0.61	0.09	-0.32	0.07	-0.71	0.49	0.53	0.72	0.62	-0.05	0.03		0.74	-0.56	0.29	0.82	0.8	0.79	-0.22
Long Term Investments	0.81	0.82	-0.84	0.77	0.86	0.68	0.84	0.29	-0.43	0.84	0.54	-0.45	0.28	-0.8	0.72	0.1	0.92	0.79	-0.53	0.58	0.74		-0.89	0.15	0.91	0.85	0.87	-0.23
Accumulated Depreciation	-0.91	-0.95	0.93	-0.9	-0.96	-0.57	-0.94	-0.46	0.54	-0.94	-0.63	0.62	-0.34	0.88	-0.89	0.04	-0.85	-0.91	0.75	-0.73	-0.56	-0.89		-0.26	-0.86	-0.85	-0.88	0.43
Short Long Term Debt	0.52	0.52	-0.44	0.61	0.44	0.37	0.5	0.86	-0.24	0.46	0.0	-0.61	0.0	-0.44	0.55	0.01	0.43	0.59	-0.22	-0.01	0.29	0.15	-0.26		0.39	0.5	0.39	-0.86
Cash And Equivalents	0.86	0.88	-0.91	0.88	0.89	0.67	0.9	0.48	-0.5	0.85	0.46	-0.59	0.19	-0.92	0.79	0.16	0.87	0.89	-0.53	0.45	0.82	0.91	-0.86	0.39		0.98	0.98	-0.39
Net Invested Capital	0.9	0.91	-0.93	0.92	0.91	0.7	0.93	0.56	-0.51	0.86	0.4	-0.63	0.17	-0.95	0.83	0.18	0.89	0.93	-0.52	0.39	0.8	0.85	-0.85	0.5	0.98		0.99	-0.51
Net Working Capital	0.89	0.91	-0.94	0.91	0.92	0.69	0.94	0.47	-0.52	0.86	0.4	-0.59	0.18	-0.95	0.81	0.18	0.89	0.91	-0.53	0.41	0.79	0.87	-0.88	0.39	0.98	0.99		-0.44
Capital Stock	-0.62	-0.64	0.54	-0.72	-0.57	-0.4	-0.6	-0.82	0.4	-0.57	0.0	0.7	-0.01	0.58	-0.68	0.02	-0.54	-0.71	0.3	-0.14	-0.22	-0.23	0.43	-0.86	-0.39	-0.51	-0.44

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In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.

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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, West Pharmaceutical Services has a Beta of 1.003. This is 16.63% higher than that of the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector and 13.98% higher than that of the Health Care industry. The beta for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

West Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses West Pharmaceutical's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of West Pharmaceutical could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing West Pharmaceutical by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

West Pharmaceutical is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.

West Pharmaceutical ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, West Pharmaceutical's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to West Pharmaceutical's managers, analysts, and investors.

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West Pharmaceutical Institutional Holders

Institutional Holdings refers to the ownership stake in West Pharmaceutical that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. Institutions may purchase large blocks of West Pharmaceutical's outstanding shares and can exert considerable influence upon its management. Institutional holders may also work to push the share price higher once they own the stock. Extensive social media coverage, TV shows, articles in high-profile magazines, and presentations at investor conferences help move the stock higher, increasing West Pharmaceutical's value.

		Shares
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts	2024-06-30	1.3 M
Proshare Advisors Llc	2024-09-30	1.1 M
Durable Capital Partners Lp	2024-06-30	1 M
Jpmorgan Chase & Co	2024-06-30	909.1 K
Norges Bank	2024-06-30	866.4 K
T. Rowe Price Investment Management,inc.	2024-09-30	839.3 K
Findlay Park Partners Llp	2024-09-30	827.7 K
Bamco Inc	2024-06-30	763.2 K
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc	2024-09-30	683.4 K
Vanguard Group Inc	2024-09-30	9 M
Blackrock Inc	2024-06-30	7.6 M

West Pharmaceutical returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, West Pharmaceutical is expected to follow.

West Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.18
	Return On Asset	0.1
	Profit Margin	0.17 %
	Operating Margin	0.22 %
	Current Valuation	22.39 B
	Shares Outstanding	72.42 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	0.58 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	96.60 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	1.43 M
	Price To Earning	40.71 X
	Price To Book	8.20 X
	Price To Sales	7.85 X
	Revenue	2.95 B
	Gross Profit	1.14 B
	EBITDA	847.8 M
	Net Income	593.4 M
	Cash And Equivalents	894.3 M
	Cash Per Share	9.85 X
	Total Debt	309 M
	Debt To Equity	0.12 %
	Current Ratio	3.80 X
	Book Value Per Share	37.96 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	776.5 M
	Short Ratio	1.83 X
	Earnings Per Share	6.73 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	5.82 X
	Target Price	361.57
	Number Of Employees	10.6 K
	Beta	1.0
	Market Capitalization	22.57 B
	Total Asset	3.83 B
	Retained Earnings	3.52 B
	Working Capital	1.26 B
	Current Asset	673.7 M
	Current Liabilities	314.3 M
	Annual Yield	0 %
	Five Year Return	0.36 %
	Net Asset	3.83 B
	Last Dividend Paid	0.8

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The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze West Pharmaceutical Services's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of West Pharmaceutical using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of West Pharmaceutical Services based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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