| Daily Price Action: |
| Date |
Open |
Close |
Volume |
| 2012-05-17 | 45.40 | 45.61 | 317800 |
| 2012-05-16 | 45.38 | 45.39 | 256500 |
| 2012-05-15 | 44.21 | 45.19 | 208000 |
| 2012-05-14 | 43.63 | 44.28 | 174900 |
| 2012-05-11 | 43.83 | 44.13 | 175000 |
| 2012-05-10 | 44.45 | 44.27 | 132600 |
| 2012-05-09 | 43.71 | 44.12 | 173000 |
| 2012-05-08 | 43.26 | 44.23 | 193800 |
| 2012-05-07 | 42.81 | 43.67 | 113000 |
| 2012-05-04 | 43.97 | 42.99 | 123300 |
| 2012-05-03 | 44.55 | 44.26 | 120900 |
| 2012-05-02 | 44.32 | 44.80 | 133000 |
| 2012-05-01 | 44.89 | 44.73 | 226700 |
| 2012-04-30 | 44.42 | 44.90 | 113000 |
| 2012-04-27 | 43.57 | 44.38 | 113000 |
| 2012-04-26 | 43.22 | 43.54 | 139800 |
| 2012-04-25 | 42.79 | 42.92 | 131300 |
| 2012-04-24 | 42.00 | 42.25 | 155500 |
| 2012-04-23 | 42.42 | 42.04 | 163600 |
| 2012-04-20 | 43.28 | 42.88 | 376300 |
| 2012-04-19 | 43.31 | 42.81 | 259900 |
| 2012-04-18 | 44.50 | 43.39 | 162400 |
| 2012-04-17 | 42.00 | 45.05 | 590600 |
| 2012-04-16 | 39.71 | 39.93 | 79400 |
| 2012-04-13 | 40.29 | 39.65 | 88300 |
| 2012-04-12 | 40.02 | 40.49 | 68700 |
| 2012-04-11 | 40.18 | 40.07 | 119800 |
| 2012-04-10 | 40.27 | 39.78 | 139100 |
| 2012-04-09 | 40.50 | 40.35 | 76500 |
| 2012-04-05 | 41.48 | 41.25 | 96800 |
| 2012-04-04 | 42.20 | 41.57 | 160100 |
| 2012-04-03 | 42.96 | 42.66 | 75700 |
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| Company Profile: |
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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. manufactures components and systems for injectable drug delivery and plastic packaging, and delivery system components for the healthcare and consumer products markets. It operates in two segments, Pharmaceutical Systems and Tech Group. The Pharmaceutical Systems segment engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of various packaging components and systems used in parenteral drug delivery for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and generic industries. It offers various pharmaceutical packaging components, such as stoppers and discs, aluminum seals and removable plastic button, plungers, needle shields and tip caps, pharmaceutical containers, closures, dispensers, elastomeric components, non-filled syringe components, dropper bulbs, and sterile devices. This segment also provides laboratory and other services, including extractables and leachables testing, package/container testing, method development/validation, stability testing, process development, and problem resolution. The Tech Group segment produces injection molded components and devices, such as contact lens storage kits, pill dispensers, and disposable blood collection systems, as well as various personal care and consumer products for surgical, ophthalmic, diagnostic, and drug delivery systems. This segment also involves in the manufacture and assembly of systems and devices used for nasal, oral, pulmonary, and injectable delivery of drugs used to treat diseases. The company offers its products to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device producers primarily in the United States, Germany, France, and other European countries. It markets its products and services principally through its own sales force and distribution network, as well as through contract sales agents and distributors. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Lionville, Pennsylvania.
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| Key Company Statistics: |
Market Cap: 1.32B
Trailing PE: 19.49
Forward PE: 16.86
Price to Sales Ratio: 1.30
Price to Book Ratio: 2.32
Fiscal Year End: 31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter: 30-Sep-09
Profit Margin: 6.95%
Return on Equity: 1.32B
Revenue: 1.62
Revenue per Share: 30.798
Quarterly Revenue Growth: 1.10%
Gross Profit: 302.60M
EBITDA: 171.70M
Net Income: 70.00M
Diluted EPS: 2.05
Quarterly Earnings Growth: 29.30%
Total Cash: 79.50M
Total Cash per Share: 2.409
Total Debt: 397.00M
Total Debt to Equity Ratio: N/A
Current Ratio: 2.451
Book Value Per Share: 17.142
Operating Cash Flow: 129.10M
Levered Free Cash Flow: -30.94M
52 Week Change: 10.86%
S&P 500 52 Week Change:
52 Week High: 41.77
52 Week Low: 27.85
50 Day Moving Average: 39.09
200 Day Moving Average: 38.33
Average Volume (3 months): 169,955
Average Volume (10 day): 181,167
Shares Outstanding: 33.00M
Float: 32.20M
Held by Insiders: 1.73%
Held by Institutions: 95.80%
Shares Short: 2.58M
Short Ratio: 12.8
Short % of Float: 9.10%
Shares Short: 2.58M
Forward Annual Dividend Rate: 0.64
Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 1.60%
Ex-Dividend Date: 15-Jan-10
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