Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares valued at $308,700 were sold by Witherspoon Charles on Aug 19 ’24. At $300.00 per share, Witherspoon Charles sold 1,029 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,478 shares worth approximately $0.42 million following the completion of this transaction.
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Also, Hofmann Thomas W sold 617 shares, netting a total of over 225,773 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $365.92 each, the insider now holds 43,565 shares.
Before that, Green Eric Mark had sold 30,732 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $9,364,409, the President, CEO and Board Chair traded West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares for $304.71 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 30,732 shares, worth approximately $46.37 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 -0.88%. Over the course of the year, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares have dropped approximately -18.65%. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 0.67 million shares from 0.3 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 39.92 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
