With 0.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.54 million shares. The 52-week range on WST shows that it touched its highest point at $415.73 and its lowest point at $310.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $397.40. With its current market cap of 28.24 billion, WST has annualized dividend of $0.78 while the current yield stands at 0.20%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.03.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.87%, but this was down by -5.13% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 12.09% while six-month performance fell -2.05%. The stock gained 20.09% in the past year, while it has gained 9.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WST yields 7.88 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.09. For the next quarter, that number is 1.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of -5.78% for this year and 19.40% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.96% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 23.49%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 73.50 million WST shares are outstanding with a float of 72.80 million shares on hand for trading. On Feb 29, 2024, short shares totaled 1.2 million, which was 1.64% higher than short shares on Jan 31, 2024. In addition to WSTBRX=X as the firm’s WST/BRX, WSTUSD=X serves as its WST/USD.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 95.74% of WST’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WST since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
