West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

WST Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 6.25% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.69%
EPS
+56.7%
Free cash flow
+12.3%
Total debt
+0.10%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

392.97 15.81 −3.87%
Market cap
$27.3B
P/E
43.8×
Fwd P/E
48.1×
Dividend yield
0.22%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
13.89
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
100/100

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST) Gross margin

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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 37.6%, up 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (35.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.8% (fiscal 2018) to 41.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 53.6% and below the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 35.9% 1.40
FY2024 34.5% (3.77)
FY2023 38.3% (1.08)
FY2022 39.4% (2.16)
FY2021 41.5% 5.76
FY2020 35.8% 2.84
FY2019 32.9% 1.16
FY2018 31.8% (0.31)
FY2017 32.1% (1.16)
FY2016 33.2% 0.67

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 39.7% 1.99
Jun 2026 37.7% 2.66
Mar 2026 35.1% (2.67)
Dec 2025 37.8% 1.17
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 31.8% High 41.5%
Ten-year median 34.5%
Current reading's percentile 74

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 69.1%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 65.9%
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 61.1%
ALC Alcon compare 56.9%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company compare 50.3%
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 44.9%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 37.6%
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare 30.1%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 0.00%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 53.6%
Healthcare sector median 53.9%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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