West Pharmaceutical Services Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:WST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
29 Oct 24	SellUS$69,840	Charles Witherspoon	Individual	225	US$310.40
19 Aug 24	SellUS$150,000	Charles Witherspoon	Individual	500	US$300.00
12 Jun 24	SellUS$595,404	Silji Abraham	Individual	1,800	US$330.78
10 May 24	SellUS$225,773	Thomas Hofmann	Individual	617	US$365.92
11 Mar 24	SellUS$50,234	Chad Winters	Individual	140	US$358.82

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WST?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	92,757	0.128%
Individual Insiders	405,969	0.561%
General Public	2,271,449	3.14%
Institutions	69,652,174	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	US$2.9b	0.5%	0.04%
10.1%	BlackRock, Inc.	7,277,239	US$2.4b	-3.98%	0.04%
4.44%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	3,214,448	US$1.0b	0.31%	0.04%
4.23%	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	3,066,527	US$997.6m	23.1%	0.76%
3.59%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	2,603,546	US$847.0m	16.8%	0.25%
3.28%	Walter Scott & Partners Limited	2,377,111	US$773.3m	-0.71%	1.66%
3.2%	Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP	2,314,672	US$753.0m	-3.68%	1.71%
3.15%	Brown Advisory Incorporated	2,284,321	US$743.1m	30.1%	0.86%
3.12%	Franklin Resources, Inc.	2,257,862	US$734.5m	-7.47%	0.25%
2.9%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	2,100,788	US$683.4m	-25.4%	0.06%
2.4%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,740,183	US$566.1m	0.74%	0.04%
1.53%	ProShare Advisors LLC	1,111,556	US$361.6m	138%	0.86%
1.5%	Durable Capital Partners, LP	1,085,919	US$353.3m	4.36%	2.38%
1.2%	Norges Bank Investment Management	866,371	US$281.8m	0%	0.02%
1.19%	BNY Asset Management	862,194	US$280.5m	-1.26%	0.05%
1.14%	Findlay Park Partners LLP	827,706	US$269.3m	11.6%	2.56%
1.11%	UBS Asset Management AG	802,431	US$261.0m	21.5%	0.03%
1.03%	Eaton Vance Management	744,101	US$242.1m	66.1%	0.05%
0.99%	JP Morgan Asset Management	715,024	US$232.6m	-4.86%	0.03%
0.91%	Northern Trust Global Investments	659,367	US$214.5m	-6.55%	0.03%
0.87%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	628,049	US$204.3m	3.49%	0.04%
0.85%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	612,545	US$199.3m	-1.94%	0.05%
0.84%	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC	610,501	US$198.6m	2.83%	0.4%
0.8%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	577,417	US$187.8m	-9.29%	0.04%
0.79%	FMR LLC	569,598	US$185.3m	253%	0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 06:03
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/19 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