WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES (WST) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:WST - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US9553061055 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 1 out of 10 to WST. WST's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is neutral, while the long term trend is still negative. We need to see a little more continued positive action to make this really interesting.
79% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than WST.
WST is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so WST is lagging the market.
In the last month WST has a been trading in the 199.89 - 223.09 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.
WST is part of the Life Sciences Tools & Services industry. There are 56 other stocks in this industry, WST did better than 56% of them.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
WST has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 216.26. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point.
More info and screens
199.87
347.44
2 important support areas can be observed.
- Support @209.30 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 201.89 to 201.90. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 216.26 to 219.47. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @323.02 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @344.00 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS21.28
Mansfield-2.82
10 Day High221.42
10 Day Low202.79
20 Day High223.09
20 Day Low199.89
52 Week High352.33
52 Week Low187.43
Performance
1 Week-0.2%
2 Weeks4.9%
1 Month0.14%
3 Month2.14%
6 Month-31.95%
12 Month-35.04%
2 Year-35.62%
3 Year-30.59%
5 Year-0.28%
10 Year297.91%
15 Year994.94%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.98
RSI(14)50.99
LBB205.21
UBB220.63
215.43
-1.79 (-0.82%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryLife Sciences Tools & Services
Performance
% Chg-0.82%
1 Week-0.2%
2 Weeks4.9%
1 Month0.14%
3 Month2.14%
6 Month-31.95%
12 Month-35.04%
2 Year-35.62%
3 Year-30.59%
5 Year-0.28%
10 Year297.91%
15 Year994.94%
Volatility
ATR(14)6.38
ATR(20)%3.24%
ATR Inc-37.17%
Range Today3.92
ADR(20)6.73
ADR(20)%3.13%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS21.28
Mansfield-2.82
10 Day High221.42
10 Day Low202.79
20 Day High223.09
20 Day Low199.89
52 Week High352.33
52 Week Low187.43
CS1 End209.3
CR1 Start216.26
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.47%
DER(5)1.04%
Volume445.00K
Volume Incr-39.69%
Vol(5)587.28K
Vol(50)926.43K