West Pharmaceutical Services WST
NYSE WST
$353.08 -0.69 (-0.20%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2024)

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) posted Return on Invested Capital of 1.48% for Q2 2024, up 53.05% sequentially from 0.97% in Q1 2024, and up 67.0% YoY from 0.89% in Q3 2023.

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

West Pharmaceutical Services has reported Return on Invested Capital for 15 years, with the latest figure at 1.48% in Q2 2024.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 67.0% year-over-year to 1.48% in Q2 2024, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2024 was 1.48% (up 67.0% YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at 0.28%, down 117.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital improved to 1.48% in Q2 2024 per WST's latest filing, from 0.97% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 1.48% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 0.07% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.53% and a median of 0.46% in 2020 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital plunged 2223 bps in 2020, then surged 80 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.36% in 2020, then slumped by 75 bps to 0.09% in 2021, then jumped by 138 bps to 0.21% in 2022, then soared by 297 bps to 0.84% in 2023, then surged by 75 bps to 1.48% in 2024.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 1.48%, 0.97%, and 0.84% for Q2 2024, Q1 2024, and Q4 2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 134.13 Bn 128.91 Bn 1.96 Bn -
2 Becton Dickinson 52.76 Bn 51.90 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.00%
3 Alcon 35.81 Bn 34.46 Bn 1.68 Bn 0.01%
4 Resmed 33.72 Bn 32.25 Bn 861.22 Mn 0.02%
5 Medline 29.38 Bn 26.70 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.10%
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 25.00 Bn 24.57 Bn 329.20 Mn -
7 Solventum 15.46 Bn 15.06 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.06%
8 Cooper Companies 14.88 Bn 14.74 Bn 735.40 Mn 0.00%
9 Baxter International 13.58 Bn 11.43 Bn 1.03 Bn 0.00%
10 Align Technology 11.61 Bn 10.51 Bn 757.43 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2024 1.48%
Mar 31, 2024 0.97%
Dec 31, 2023 0.84%
Sep 30, 2023 0.80%
Jun 30, 2023 0.81%
Mar 31, 2023 0.87%
Dec 31, 2022 0.21%
Sep 30, 2022 0.09%
Jun 30, 2022 0.07%
Mar 31, 2022 0.07%
Dec 31, 2021 0.09%
Sep 30, 2021 0.20%
Jun 30, 2021 0.54%
Mar 31, 2021 0.44%
Dec 31, 2020 0.36%
Sep 30, 2020 0.37%
Jun 30, 2020 0.48%
Mar 31, 2020 0.74%
Dec 31, 2019 1.97%
Sep 30, 2019 22.61%