West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

West Pharmaceutical Services' (WST) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 20.96% in Q1 2026, up 563.0% year-on-year from 3.16% in Q1 2025, and up 7.75% quarter-over-quarter from 19.45% in Q4 2025.

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

West Pharmaceutical Services has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 20.96% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 20.96%, up 563.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.34% (up 120.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.03%, down 67.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 20.96% for Q1 2026 at West Pharmaceutical Services, up from 19.45% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 29.61% in Q2 2022 to a low of 15.33% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 21.31% (2024), against an average of 21.65%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 688 bps in 2022 and surged 563 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • West Pharmaceutical Services' Operating Margin stood at 18.3% in 2022, then gained by 20 bps to 21.98% in 2023, then retreated by 3 bps to 21.31% in 2024, then dropped by 9 bps to 19.45% in 2025, then gained by 8 bps to 20.96% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 20.96% (Q1 2026), 19.45% (Q4 2025), and 20.83% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 148.09 Bn 143.69 Bn 1.83 Bn 30.87%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.00 Bn 39.99 Bn 2.15 Bn 1.97%
3 Medline 30.38 Bn 36.22 Bn 1.84 Bn 5.74%
4 Resmed 28.22 Bn 26.56 Bn 890.98 Mn 34.92%
5 West Pharmaceutical Services 23.72 Bn 23.19 Bn 296.40 Mn 20.96%
6 Solventum 13.33 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.10 Bn 4.04%
7 Cooper Companies 13.12 Bn 12.99 Bn 735.40 Mn -2.87%
8 Align Technology 12.86 Bn 11.80 Bn 736.59 Mn 13.65%
9 Baxter International 10.51 Bn 8.47 Bn 891.00 Mn 2.44%
10 Aptargroup 7.72 Bn 7.52 Bn 351.91 Mn 10.94%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 20.96%
Dec 31, 2025 19.45%
Sep 30, 2025 20.83%
Jun 30, 2025 20.05%
Mar 31, 2025 15.33%
Dec 31, 2024 21.31%
Sep 30, 2024 21.60%
Jun 30, 2024 17.97%
Mar 31, 2024 17.66%
Dec 31, 2023 21.98%
Sep 30, 2023 23.72%
Jun 30, 2023 24.21%
Mar 31, 2023 21.67%
Dec 31, 2022 18.30%
Sep 30, 2022 27.11%
Jun 30, 2022 29.61%
Mar 31, 2022 26.35%
Dec 31, 2021 25.18%
Sep 30, 2021 25.68%
Jun 30, 2021 29.20%