The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares valued at $292,436 were sold by Winters Chad on Mar 11 ’24. At $358.82 per share, Winters Chad sold 815 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,309 shares worth approximately $0.48 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Witherspoon Charles sold 2,019 shares, netting a total of over 724,061 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $358.62 each, the insider now holds 1,979 shares.
Before that, Green Eric Mark had sold 64,132 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $23,077,971, the President, CEO and Board Chair traded West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares for $359.85 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 64,132 shares, worth approximately $56.3 million.
As published in a research note from Jefferies on February 07, 2024, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. [WST] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $536 from $323. Analysts at BofA Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid June. As of April 11, 2023, Stephens has increased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for WST. Earlier on December 14, 2022, Deutsche Bank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Hold” for WST stock.
Analyzing WST Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.42%. Over the course of the year, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares have jumped approximately 4.56%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $413.70 on 02/07/24 and a 52-week low of $325.73 on 02/15/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $377.69, while a 200-day SMA reached $371.34. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 0.74 million shares from 0.43 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 358.60, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 349.03. In the upper region, resistance lies at 384.04. The next price resistance is at 399.91. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 40.03 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at -0.54, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 89.67%, indicating bearish price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
