WST Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own WST shares is 1082, representing 98.3% of the company's common stock.

SWISS NATIONAL BANK, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WST by -4.07% restricting it's holding to 221.6 thousand shares of worth nearly $87.69M. CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC also lessened -34.48% of the WST shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 174.14 thousand shares of worth $68.91M. CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD also shunned WST shares holding by -27.37% last quarter which brought its holding to 166.11 thousand shares worth $65.73M.

As per its latest 13F filing, INTERMEDE INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD increased its stake in WST by 20.7% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 248.07 thousand shares having worth more than $98.17M. ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS, INC also added 71.63% more shares of WST to its portfolio, raising its holding to 232.77 thousand shares of worth $92.11M. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also increased its WST shares holding by 3.44% which brought its holding to 212.99 thousand shares worth $84.28M.

The insider with the most stakes in WST is FEDERICI WILLIAM J , at the company. Additionally, WST stock is highly held by President, CEO and Board Chair Green Eric Mark and ZENNER PATRICK J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.89% percent of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which WST insiders have sold stock, totaling 225 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WITHERSPOON CHARLES, GREEN ERIC MARK, and ABRAHAM SILJI.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 1.25K West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.89% of WST stock.

WST , FEDERICI WILLIAM J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WST shares owned by FEDERICI total nearly 227.81 thousand.

INTERMEDE INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD is the largest institutional owner in WST which holds 248.07 thousand shares worth $98.17M or 0.33% of the total WST shares outstanding followed by ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS, INC with ownership of 232.77 thousand shares representing 0.31% of the WST ownership. SWISS NATIONAL BANK is the third largest stakeholder with 221.6 thousand shares or 0.3% of the ownership worth more than $87.69M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the WST is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of WST shares short is 1.34M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 72.42M shares of WST are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, WST has 71.93M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for WST is 3.15.