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West Pharmaceutical Services Ownership | Who Owns West Pharmaceutical Services?

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West Pharmaceutical Services Ownership Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services is owned by 96.64% institutional investors, 0.61% insiders, and 2.75% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.35% of WST shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in West Pharmaceutical Services shares.

WST Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWest Pharmaceutical Services96.64%0.61%2.75%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 487.91%11.08%-398.99%
IndustryMedical Instruments & Supplies Stocks57.81%14.56%27.62%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group8.99M12.35%$2.94B
Blackrock7.58M10.31%$2.50B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de6.60M9.14%$1.45B
Bank of new york mellon3.45M4.74%$1.13B
State street3.20M4.36%$1.06B
Brown advisory3.02M4.18%$661.06M
Alliancebernstein2.59M3.56%$849.19M
Artisan partners limited partnership2.27M3.14%$496.09M
Franklin resources1.78M2.45%$583.35M
Geode capital management1.78M2.44%$581.21M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Seilern investment management326.96K6.20%$85.77M
Alpine peaks capital, lp21.23K4.29%$4.75M
Mccollum christoferson group43.63K2.84%$9.55M
Ami asset management163.00K2.39%$42.76M
Grace & white inc /ny45.73K2.12%$12.00M
William allan13.82K2.03%$3.63M
Findlay park partners llp816.61K1.84%$178.67M
Bright rock capital management40.00K1.77%$8.75M
Tobam20.20K1.72%$4.42M
Durable capital partners lp1.04M1.72%$227.69M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Generation investment management llp1.17M1.62%1.17M
Norges bank887.18K0.04%887.18K
Fmr1.09M0.02%494.83K
D. e. shaw425.92K0.10%418.00K
Amundi502.83K0.04%228.70K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Apg asset management1.44M1.27%-871.45K
Price t rowe associates inc /md/525.32K0.02%-736.16K
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/---577.42K
Proshare advisors577.97K0.43%-533.59K
Durable capital partners lp1.04M1.72%-532.47K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Generation investment management llp1.17M1.62%1.17M$255.07M
Norges bank887.18K0.04%887.18K$290.60M
J. goldman & co lp163.81K0.86%163.81K$35.84M
Qube research139.82K0.03%139.82K$30.59M
Hrt financial lp60.80K0.06%60.80K$13.30M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Atticus wealth management-1.00
Bok financial private wealth-1.00
Cape investment advisory-1.00
Financial gravity asset management-1.00
Aspect partners-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Jun 30, 20257371.66%69,870,1901.62%961.07%3742.75%255-1.54%
Mar 31, 202520-97.36%3,254,232-95.33%40.05%11-97.20%4-98.45%
Dec 31, 2024455-39.17%42,387,784-37.44%580.67%236-33.71%156-40.91%
Sep 30, 2024737-6.83%67,631,966-1.04%921.06%352-2.49%259-11.90%
Jun 30, 2024783-1.51%68,254,5680.86%921.10%358-8.21%29011.11%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF2.31M3.19%1.67K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv2.26M3.14%-54.53K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust2.06M2.87%15.53K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor1.78M2.47%-260.72K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional1.60M2.23%17.26K
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat1.35M1.88%11.27K
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF1.30M1.81%-1.01K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor944.24K1.31%3.26K
Fidelity 500 Index910.71K1.27%389.00
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF901.61K1.25%-13.33K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Oct 29, 2024Witherspoon Charles VP & TreasurerSell$148.37K
Oct 29, 2024Witherspoon Charles VP & TreasurerSell$69.84K
Aug 19, 2024Witherspoon Charles VP & TreasurerSell$158.70K
Aug 19, 2024Witherspoon Charles VP & TreasurerSell$150.00K
May 10, 2024Hofmann Thomas W-Sell$225.77K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2026 Q3--
2026 Q2--
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--
2024 Q4-2

WST Ownership FAQ

Who Owns West Pharmaceutical Services?

West Pharmaceutical Services shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 96.64%, followed by 0.61% insiders and 2.75% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in West Pharmaceutical Services's industry, Medical Instruments & Supplies Stocks, is 57.81%, which West Pharmaceutical Services exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of West Pharmaceutical Services?

West Pharmaceutical Services’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (8.99M shares, 12.35%), Blackrock (7.58M shares, 10.31%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (6.6M shares, 9.14%). Together, they hold 31.79% of West Pharmaceutical Services’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own West Pharmaceutical Services?

Yes, BlackRock owns 10.31% of West Pharmaceutical Services, totaling 7.58M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.06% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.5B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 16.23K shares, a 0.21% change.

Who is West Pharmaceutical Services’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Seilern investment management is West Pharmaceutical Services’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.20% of its assets in 326.96K West Pharmaceutical Services shares, valued at 85.77M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of West Pharmaceutical Services shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of West Pharmaceutical Services shares, with 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.31M West Pharmaceutical Services shares.

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