Growth Metrics

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

West Pharmaceutical Services' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.16% at West Pharmaceutical Services, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.25% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.12% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.18% (2023), against an average of 0.19%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales grew 10bps in 2021 before it decreased -7bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -30bps to 0.14% in 2022, then rose by 30bps to 0.18% in 2023, then decreased by -6bps to 0.17% in 2024, then fell by -7bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WST's Return on Sales are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.17% (Q2 2025).