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West Pharmaceutical Services Q3 2025 earnings summary

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Q3 2025 earnings summary23 Oct, 2025

Executive summary

  • Net sales for Q3 2025 reached $804.6M, up 7.7% year-over-year and 5.0% organically, driven by biologics and high-value products.

  • Adjusted diluted EPS was $1.96, up 5.9% year-over-year; net income for Q3 was $140.0M.

  • Gross margin improved to 36.6%, up 120 bps year-over-year.

  • Free cash flow for the first nine months of 2025 was $293.9M, up 53.7% year-over-year.

  • Strengthened executive team with new CFO and CTO appointments to drive growth and innovation.

Financial highlights

  • Proprietary Products segment Q3 sales grew 7.7% to $647.5M; Contract Manufacturing grew 8.0% to $157.1M.

  • Adjusted operating margin was 21.1%; operating profit for Q3 was $167.6M (20.8% margin).

  • Operating cash flow for the first nine months was $503.7M, up 8.7% year-over-year; capital expenditures were $209.8M.

  • Share repurchases totaled $134.0M for 552,593 shares in the first nine months.

  • Dividend payments totaled $45.4M for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Outlook and guidance

  • Full-year 2025 revenue guidance raised to $3.060–$3.070B (3.75%–4.0% organic growth); adjusted EPS guidance increased to $7.06–$7.11.

  • Q4 2025 revenue expected at $790–$800M; adjusted EPS $1.81–$1.86.

  • Capital expenditure guidance for 2025 is $275M; estimated tax rate is 20.5%–21%.

  • 2026 outlook includes a $40M headwind from CGM contract exit, partially offset by $20M in new Dublin drug handling revenue.

  • No material impact anticipated from recent tariffs or geopolitical events in Israel for 2025.

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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of containment and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products worldwide. It offers components and systems that are used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies to deliver drugs safely to patients and enable lifestyle-enhancing drugs to be injected safely, accurately, comfortably, and conveniently. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1923 and is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania.

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