Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. a good value on the New York Stock Exchange?

🛑 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. wasn't a good value on 5th March

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. hasn't performed well enough financially over the last 5 years.

We noticed something that, in our opinion, makes West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. a poor choice right now at any price.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. doesn't meet our expectations for good management

🛑 Below our comfort level for covering day-to-day costs and bills.

🛑 Below our comfort level for covering day-to-day costs and bills.

🛑 Paying out too little of the expendable income to shareholders.

✅ Could probably operate for more than a year without any new income.

✅ Could probably operate for more than a year without any new income.

✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.

✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.

✅ Less than a year's worth of inventory is being held.

✅ Less than a year's worth of inventory is being held.

✅ Paying out a healthy portion of expendable income to shareholders.

✅ Shareholders' earnings are coming from operations.

✅ Shareholders' earnings are coming from operations.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. doesn't meet our expectations for stable income

🛑 Income after taxes and debts is unreliable.

🛑 Expendable income per shareholder is unreliable.

🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.

🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.

🛑 Shareholders earn less than 8% per year on their shares.

✅ Income after taxes and debts is stable and growing.

✅ Expendable income per shareholder is stable and growing.

✅ Shareholders earn over 8% per year on their shares.

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🛑 Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. running with a comfortable buffer?

🛑 Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. running with a comfortable buffer?

🛑 How big a buffer does the company have in returning cash to owners?

✅ Could West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. keep operations going in hard times?

✅ Could West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. keep operations going in hard times?

✅ Is there something left for shareholders once all debts are repaid?

✅ Is there something left for shareholders once all debts are repaid?

✅ How much inventory is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. holding on to?

✅ How much inventory is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. holding on to?

✅ How big a buffer does the company have in returning cash to owners?

✅ What % of earnings come from operating activities?

✅ What % of earnings come from operating activities?

🛑 Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. making money?

🛑 How much cash does the company generate per share?

🛑 How much cash does the company return to the owners, per share?

🛑 How much cash does the company return to the owners, per share?

🛑 What return rate is the owner earning at?

✅ Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. making money?

✅ How much cash does the company generate per share?

✅ What return rate is the owner earning at?