NASDAQ:WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WBA."

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.458 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $1.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.02. The pharmacy operator earned $33.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.88 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.99% and a net margin of 2.91%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.48 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 8th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 8th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, October, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $$5.81-6.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $$5.96.

19 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $61.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Media headlines about WBA stock have trended very positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 19,320,000 shares, a drop of 5.1% from the November 14th total of 20,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,749,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Covetrus (CVET), Petmed Express (PETS), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

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Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.23%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.35%), Markel Corp (0.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%) and Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc (0.21%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Kimberly R Scardino, Marco Patrick Anthony Pagni, Nancy M Schlichting, Ornella Barra, Stefano Pessina and William C Foote. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Manitou Investment Management Ltd., Boston Private Wealth LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., River Road Asset Management LLC and Prentiss Smith & Co. Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Cullen Capital Management LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Donaldson Capital Management LLC, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have bought Walgreens Boots Alliance stock in the last two years include Ornella Barra and Stefano Pessina. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Shares of WBA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.88.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $51.40 billion and generates $136.87 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $3.98 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.99 on an earnings per share basis. Walgreens Boots Alliance employs 342,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Walgreens Boots Alliance.

The official website for Walgreens Boots Alliance is http://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's mailing address is 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield IL, 60015. The pharmacy operator can be reached via phone at 847-315-2500 or via email at [email protected]