West Pharmaceutical Services (WST): analysis and statistics
Return, volatility, Sharpe ratio and risk for West Pharmaceutical Services, an S&P 500 component in the Health Care sector. Data as of 2026-07-30.
| Last close price | $339.41 |
| Sector (GICS) | Health Care |
| Annualized return (3.0 yr) | -2.42% |
| Total return over period | -7.05% |
| Annualized volatility | 43.47% |
| Sharpe ratio | -0.14 |
| Sortino ratio | -0.19 |
| Max drawdown | -53.79% |
| CVaR 95% (avg. loss, worst 5% of days) | -5.94% |
| Correlation with the S&P 500 | 0.23 |
| Period range | $189.58 – $410.22 |
| Trading days analyzed | 752 |
Over the last 3.0 years, West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) has posted an annualized return of -2.42% with annual volatility of 43.47%, a negative Sharpe ratio: over this period it did not beat the risk-free Treasury rate. Its worst stretch (max drawdown from a peak) was -53.79%. Its correlation with the S&P 500 is 0.23, which means it moves fairly independently of the index, useful for diversification.
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