West Pharmaceutical Services Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:WPS Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
29 Oct 24	Sell€64,658	Charles Witherspoon	Individual	225	€287.37
19 Aug 24	Sell€135,615	Charles Witherspoon	Individual	500	€271.23
12 Jun 24	Sell€548,903	Silji Abraham	Individual	1,800	€304.95
10 May 24	Sell€209,630	Thomas Hofmann	Individual	617	€339.76
11 Mar 24	Sell€45,969	Chad Winters	Individual	140	€328.35

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WPS insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WPS?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	92,757	0.128%
Individual Insiders	406,393	0.561%
General Public	2,272,428	3.14%
Institutions	69,650,771	96.2%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 67.52% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
12.4%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	8,988,971	€2.8b	0.5%	0.04%
10.1%	BlackRock, Inc.	7,277,239	€2.3b	-3.98%	0.04%
4.44%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	3,214,448	€1.0b	0.31%	0.04%
4.23%	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	3,066,527	€961.1m	23.1%	0.77%
3.59%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	2,603,546	€816.0m	16.8%	0.25%
3.28%	Walter Scott & Partners Limited	2,377,111	€745.0m	-0.71%	1.68%
3.2%	Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP	2,314,672	€725.4m	-3.68%	1.74%
3.15%	Brown Advisory Incorporated	2,284,321	€715.9m	30.1%	0.88%
3.12%	Franklin Resources, Inc.	2,257,862	€707.6m	-7.47%	0.26%
2.9%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	2,100,788	€658.4m	-25.4%	0.06%
2.4%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,740,183	€545.4m	0.74%	0.04%
1.53%	ProShare Advisors LLC	1,111,556	€348.4m	138%	0.87%
1.5%	Durable Capital Partners, LP	1,085,919	€340.3m	4.36%	2.42%
1.2%	Norges Bank Investment Management	866,371	€271.5m	0%	0.02%
1.19%	BNY Asset Management	862,194	€270.2m	-1.26%	0.05%
1.14%	Findlay Park Partners LLP	827,706	€259.4m	11.6%	2.61%
1.11%	UBS Asset Management AG	802,431	€251.5m	21.5%	0.03%
1.03%	Eaton Vance Management	744,101	€233.2m	66.1%	0.06%
0.99%	JP Morgan Asset Management	715,024	€224.1m	-4.86%	0.03%
0.91%	Northern Trust Global Investments	659,367	€206.7m	-6.55%	0.03%
0.87%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	628,049	€196.8m	3.49%	0.04%
0.85%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	612,545	€192.0m	-1.94%	0.05%
0.84%	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC	610,501	€191.3m	2.83%	0.41%
0.8%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	577,417	€181.0m	-9.29%	0.04%
0.79%	FMR LLC	569,598	€178.5m	253%	0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 13:47
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is covered by 28 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
Lawrence Marsh	Barclays
Michael Ryskin	BofA Global Research