WST vs. COO, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, HAE, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and OSUR
Should you be buying West Pharmaceutical Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Pharmaceutical Services include Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and OraSure Technologies (OSUR). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
West Pharmaceutical Services vs.
Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 4 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cooper Companies and 16 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat West Pharmaceutical Services' score of 0.91 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.60% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
West Pharmaceutical Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cooper Companies. West Pharmaceutical Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cooper Companies presently has a consensus target price of $110.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.72%. West Pharmaceutical Services has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.26%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Cooper Companies.
Cooper Companies has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cooper Companies received 355 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote while only 56.02% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote.
Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get West Pharmaceutical Services News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
West Pharmaceutical Services Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:WST) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
