West Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Results

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West Pharma (WST) Tops Q4 EPS by 1c, Revenues Miss; Offers FY19 EPS Guidance Below Consensus

February 14, 2019 6:08 AM EST

West Pharma (NYSE: WST) reported Q4 EPS of $0.73, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.72. Revenue for the quarter came in at $422.5 million versus the consensus estimate of $431.97 million.

Fourth-quarter 2018 reported net sales were $422.5 million, representing growth of 1.7% over last year's period and constant-currency, organic sales growth of 3.6%. Fourth-quarter 2018 reported net sales included a negative adjustment of $11.3 million associated with a voluntary recall of the Company's Vial2Bag® hospital administration system devices. Excluding that impact, sales would have grown by 4.4% over the same period last year, with constant-currency, organic sales growth of 6.3% over last... More