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West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — West Pharmaceutical Services Inc

WST in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
West Pharmaceutical Services makes the containment and delivery systems that carry injectable drugs: stoppers, seals, syringe and cartridge components, vials and self-injection devices, sold to biologic, generic and pharmaceutical drug companies. A second, smaller business contract-manufactures devices for surgical, diagnostic, ophthalmic and other drug-delivery uses. It is based in Exton, Pennsylvania, and has sold since before most of today's biologics existed.
Where it sits in the stack
West sits outside our chip and data-centre sleeves; it belongs to the healthcare sector, in medical instruments and supplies, as a maker of packaging and delivery components rather than a drug itself.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not placed it in a named peer group; the comparison the market draws is with other injectable-packaging and drug-delivery makers such as Gerresheimer.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but has no Rubin or Halo sleeve, carries no Closelook score, and has drawn no mentions or quotes in the diary's editions so far.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for injectable biologics and self-injection devices keeps widening the volume of containment components it ships, and whether that shows up in how the stock trades relative to its own recent range.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WST, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WST on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.18%, semi-annual · last 0.22 USD on 2026-04-29

Dividends and capital return

What WST pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.66 USD per share · a 0.18% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +57.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.42 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.22 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-29
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.64 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST)?

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc trades as WST on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is WST in a Closelook index?

Not currently — West Pharmaceutical Services Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does WST trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.8% vs the 50-day and +21.9% vs the 200-day average, 6.1% below the 52-week high and +62% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc do?

West Pharmaceutical Services makes the containment and delivery systems that carry injectable drugs: stoppers, seals, syringe and cartridge components, vials and self-injection devices, sold to biologic, generic and pharmaceutical drug companies. A second, smaller business contract-manufactures devices for surgical, diagnostic, ophthalmic and other drug-delivery uses. It is based in Exton, Pennsylvania, and has sold since before most of today's biologics existed. The diary has not placed it in a named peer group; the comparison the market draws is with other injectable-packaging and drug-delivery makers such as Gerresheimer.

Where does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc sit in the AI build-out?

West sits outside our chip and data-centre sleeves; it belongs to the healthcare sector, in medical instruments and supplies, as a maker of packaging and delivery components rather than a drug itself. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but has no Rubin or Halo sleeve, carries no Closelook score, and has drawn no mentions or quotes in the diary's editions so far.

Does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc pay a dividend?

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc has paid 0.66 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 0.18% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.22 USD on 2026-04-29. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WST, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Medical Instruments & Supplies. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.