Published on 6 May 2022 on Market Watch
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors
Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. slid 2.68% to $306.34 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.57% to 4,123.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.30% to 32,899.37. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed $169.01 short of its 52-week high ($475.35), which the company reached on September 9th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.22% to $176.37, Medtronic PLC fell 1.05% to $103.45, and Stryker Corp. fell 0.53% to $240.08. Trading volume (593,510) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 419,906.