R&D expense · 2011–2025

West Pharmaceutical Services R&D expense

$74.3M+7.5% · FY2025

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) reported $74.3M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +7.5% year on year.

$29.1M2011$33.2M2012$37.9M2013$37.3M2014$34.1M2015$36.8M2016$39.1M2017$40.3M2018$38.9M2019$46.9M2020$52.8M2021$58.5M2022$68.4M2023$69.1M2024$74.3M2025
West Pharmaceutical Services — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$74.3M+7.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$69.1M+1.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$68.4M+16.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$58.5M+10.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$52.8M+12.6%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$46.9M+20.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$38.9M−3.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$40.3M+3.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$39.1M+6.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$36.8M+7.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$34.1M−8.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$37.3M−1.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$37.9M+14.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$33.2M+14.1%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$29.1M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +6.9%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{West Pharmaceutical Services R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000105770-26-000010 · February 17, 2026

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