With 0.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.2 million shares. The 52-week range on WST shows that it touched its highest point at $372.52 and its lowest point at $187.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $274.50. With its current market cap of 15.31 billion, WST has annualized dividend of $0.83 while the current yield stands at 0.39%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.88%, but this was up by 5.80% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.40% while six-month performance fell -32.65%. The stock lost -41.61% in the past year, while it has lost -34.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WST yields 6.37 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.11. For the next quarter, that number is 1.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of -6.81% for this year and 13.10% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.36% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 15.84%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 71.80 million WST shares are outstanding with a float of 71.41 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WST since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.67057 being high and $6.55128 being low. For WST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.63081.
