[WST] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Dec-2007 [#Q4]

Stock
[WST] West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
Announcement Date
29-Feb-2008
Financial Year
2007
Quarter
31-Dec-2007 [#Q4]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -50.82%
YoY- -60.00%
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Quarter Result
30/09/08 05/08/08 31/03/08 31/12/07 30/09/07 30/06/07 31/03/07 CAGR
Revenue 256,200 279,300 270,700 256,100 242,700 263,700 257,600 -0.36%
PBT 14,000 39,100 35,000 5,000 10,900 33,200 37,300 -47.87%
Tax 800 10,800 8,500 -200 -800 7,000 11,200 -82.70%
NP 13,300 28,700 26,200 6,000 12,200 26,000 26,500 -36.76%
Tax Rate -5.71% -27.62% -24.29% 4.00% 7.34% -21.08% -30.03% -
Total Cost 242,900 250,600 244,500 250,100 230,500 237,700 231,100 3.36%
Ratio Analysis
30/09/08 05/08/08 31/03/08 31/12/07 30/09/07 30/06/07 31/03/07 CAGR
NP Margin 5.19 10.28 9.68 2.34 5.03 9.86 10.29 -36.55%
Per Share
30/09/08 05/08/08 31/03/08 31/12/07 30/09/07 30/06/07 31/03/07 CAGR
EPS 0.21 0.45 0.41 0.09 0.19 0.40 0.41 -35.90%
EPS Diluted 0.20 0.41 0.38 0.08 0.18 0.37 0.39 -35.85%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.