Does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) Have What it Takes to be in Your Portfolio Wednesday?

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) is around the middle of the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry according to InvestorsObserver. WST received an overall rating of 47, which means that it scores higher than 47 percent of all stocks. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. also achieved a score of 63 in the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry, putting it above 63 percent of Medical Instruments & Supplies stocks. Medical Instruments & Supplies is ranked 89 out of the 148 industries.

WST has an Overall Score of 47. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on WST!

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What do These Ratings Mean?

Analyzing stocks can be hard. There are tons of numbers and ratios, and it can be hard to remember what they all mean and what counts as “good” for a given value. InvestorsObserver ranks stocks on eight different metrics. We percentile rank most of our scores to make it easy for investors to understand. A score of 47 means the stock is more attractive than 47 percent of stocks. Our proprietary scoring system captures technical factors, fundamental analysis and the opinions of analysts on Wall Street. This makes InvestorsObserver’s overall rating a great way to get started, regardless of your investing style. Percentile-ranked scores are also easy to understand. A score of 100 is the top and a 0 is the bottom. There’s no need to try to remember what is “good” for a bunch of complicated ratios, just pay attention to which numbers are the highest.

What's Happening With West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Today?

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) stock is down -0.86% while the S&P 500 is up 0.09% as of 2:57 PM on Wednesday, Nov 29. WST is down -$3.02 from the previous closing price of $352.42 on volume of 169,152 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is up 15.19% while WST is up 56.33%. WST earned $7.41 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.18. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. stock.