Summary: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

  • From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation
  • According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.

Highlights: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
  • Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
  • The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

  • The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 45.76 and 37.69 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
  • For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
  • For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.

Ratings Chart: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Source: Surperformance

ESG chart: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Source: Refinitiv

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