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West Pharmaceutical Services WST Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$844.9M+21.1%
Gross profit$296.4M+27.8%
Operating income$177.1M+65.5%
Net income$138.8M+54.6%
EPS (diluted)$1.92+56.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$521.4M+29.0%
Total debt$321.0M+4.4%
Total equity$3.0B+11.5%
Total assets$4.1B+13.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$89.9M-30.5%
CapEx$42.7M-40.1%
Free cash flow$47.2M-18.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$22.86B+11.6%
Enterprise value$22.66B+11.1%
P/E42.1×-1.7×
P/S7.1×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.3%+1.7pp
Operating margin20.3%+1.2pp
Net margin16.8%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity19.1%+1.7pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio2.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from West Pharmaceutical Services’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: West Pharmaceutical Services’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is West Pharmaceutical Services's return on invested capital?
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) reported return on invested capital of 19.2% in Q1 2026.
How has West Pharmaceutical Services's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
West Pharmaceutical Services's return on invested capital increased by 8.0% year-over-year, from 17.8% to 19.2%.
What is the long-term trend for West Pharmaceutical Services's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), West Pharmaceutical Services's return on invested capital has grown at a -13.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 128.9% to 71.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.