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Profile - West Pharmaceutical Srvcs (NYSE:WST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
101 Gordon Drive, P.O. Box 645
Lionville, PA 19341
Phone: (610) 594-2900
Fax: (610) 594-3000
Email: webmaster@thewestcompany.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,700
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 40%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 3,000  shares
·Institutional: 63% (104% of float)
(134 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 4,000  shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. applies value-added technologies to the process of bringing new drug therapies and healthcare products to global markets. West's technologies include the design and manufacture of packaging components for pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products; research and development of drug delivery systems; contract manufacturing and packaging services; clinical services; contract laboratory services; and other services that support the manufacturing, filling and packaging of pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products.
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Financial Summary
WST is a supplier of products and services for packaging and delivery of pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products. The Co's. revenues are generated from sales to large pharmaceutical and medical device companies. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 5% to $233.4 million. Net income decreased 16% to $8.5 million. Results reflect an increase in contract services, offset by the inclusion of $4.5 million in restructuring charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Little, 58
Chairman and CEO
$553K--  
Donald Morel, Jr., 43
Pres, COO
241K--  
Steven Ellers, 50
Exec. VP
249K$17K
George Bennyhoff, 57
Sr. VP- HR and Public Affairs
--  --  
Linda Altemus, 49
VP of Fin. and Admin.
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WSTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Sep-2000
$20.563
Recent Price$25.70 
52-Week High
on 19-July-2001
$28.35 
Beta0.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)14.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)13.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+25.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+67.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$368.5M
Shares Outstanding14.3M
Float8.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.76 
Dividend Yield2.96%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-June-1987
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.53 
Earnings (ttm)$0.00 
Earnings (mrq)$0.22 
Sales (ttm)$30.75 
Cash (mrq)$2.74 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.90 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8,566.67 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.84 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$441.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$13.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$0 
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-0.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.00%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.90 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.08 
Total Cash (mrq)$39.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short96.0K
Percent of Float1.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
95.0K
Short Ratio6.40 
Daily Volume15.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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