West Pharmaceutical: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

EXTON, Pa. (AP) — EXTON, Pa. (AP) — West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $111.3 million.

On a per-share basis, the Exton, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of $1.51. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, were $1.52 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.77 per share.

The medical device company posted revenue of $702.1 million in the period, which also missed Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $737.7 million.

West Pharmaceutical expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.35 to $6.65 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.87 billion to $2.9 billion.

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