DJ West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) shed 1.37% to $232.65 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 49,071.56 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.13% to 6,969.01.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 33.12% below its 52-week high of $347.85, which the company reached on January 30th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 0.04% to $106.09, Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ fell 0.41% to $201.09, and Baxter International Inc. $(BAX)$ rose 0.61% to $19.73.
Trading volume (930,244) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 782,632.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 29, 2026.
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January 29, 2026 17:10 ET (22:10 GMT)
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