DJ West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) rallied 1.07% to $246.16 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 6,941.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.13% to 50,121.40.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 24.10% below its 52-week high of $324.33, which the company reached on February 12th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 1.17% to $113.59, Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 5.21% to $180.62, and Baxter International Inc. $(BAX)$ rose 1.50% to $22.27.
Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 880,965.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 11, 2026.
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February 11, 2026 17:12 ET (22:12 GMT)
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