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Earnings Alert: West Pharmaceutical Services is Expected to Beat the Street Consensus When It Reports Earnings (WST)

Written on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 2:30pm
By Chip Brian

Analysts, on average, expect West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) to report earnings of $0.62 on sales of $279 million on August 04, 2010.
For the full year, analysts expect the company to post EPS of $2.28. In the year-ago period, the company reported EPS of $0.57 on sales of $261 million.
In the previous quarter, the company reported EPS of $0.58, topping consensus estimates of $0.51.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of West Pharmaceutical Services and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on April 27, 2010 at $41.44. The stock has fallen 14.5% since the alert was issued.

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