Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. It operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. The Retail Pharmacy USA segment sells prescription drugs and an assortment of retail products, including health, beauty, personal care, consumable, and general merchandise products through its retail drugstores and convenient care clinics.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Drug stores & proprietary stores
Sub-IndustryDrug Retail
SectorRetail/Wholesale
Phone847-315-2500
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$136.87 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees342,000
Next Earnings Date12/19/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock symbol?
Walgreens Boots Alliance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WBA."
How often does Walgreens Boots Alliance pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.458 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $1.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.
How were Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings last quarter?
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.02. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $33.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.88 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.99% and a net margin of 2.91%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's revenue was up 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.
When is Walgreens Boots Alliance's next earnings date?
What guidance has Walgreens Boots Alliance issued on next quarter's earnings?
Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY 2020
Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, October, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $$5.81-6.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $$5.96.
What price target have analysts set for WBA?
19 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $61.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation 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, 13 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Has Walgreens Boots Alliance been receiving favorable news coverage?
News coverage about WBA stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Are investors shorting Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 26,880,000 shares, an increase of 7.6% from the August 30th total of 24,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,040,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 3.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Walgreens Boots Alliance's key competitors?
What other stocks do shareholders of Walgreens Boots Alliance own?
Who are Walgreens Boots Alliance's key executives?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. James A. Skinner, Exec. Chairman (Age 75)
- Mr. Stefano Pessina, Exec. Vice Chairman & CEO (Age 78)
- Mr. James Kehoe, Global Controller, CAO, Exec. VP & Global CFO (Age 57)
- Mr. Alexander W. Gourlay, Co-Chief Operating Officer (Age 59)
- Ms. Ornella Barra, Co-Chief Operating Officer (Age 66)
Who are Walgreens Boots Alliance's major shareholders?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), Markel Corp (0.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.19%), Smead Capital Management Inc. (0.16%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.15%). 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.
Which institutional investors are selling Walgreens Boots Alliance stock?
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.. Company insiders that have sold Walgreens Boots Alliance company stock in the last year include Marco Patrick Anthony Pagni and Nancy M Schlichting. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Which institutional investors are buying Walgreens Boots Alliance stock?
WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Donaldson Capital Management LLC, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, CWM LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D and OLD Republic International 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.
How do I buy shares of 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.
What is Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price today?
One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.63.
How big of a company is Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $55.90 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.
What is Walgreens Boots Alliance's official website?
How can I contact Walgreens Boots Alliance?
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]
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