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

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. This is a positive change from Walgreens Boots Alliance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $34.15 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.22% and a net margin of 3.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.33 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.90-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.95.

19 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $78.5556 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% 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 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 32,645,275 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the July 13th total of 28,307,872 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,968,870 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 3.9% 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), Express Scripts (ESRX), Rite Aid (RAD), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

News headlines about WBA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the pharmacy operator an impact score of 46.59 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.36%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), LSV Asset Management (0.88%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (0.72%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.70%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Janice M Babiak, John Anthony Lederer, Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, FMR LLC, Scharf Investments LLC, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Acadian Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, LSV Asset Management, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BlackRock Inc., River Road Asset Management LLC and Sterling Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Walgreens Boots Alliance stock in the last two years include Janice M Babiak, John Anthony Lederer, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.66.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $65.99 billion and generates $118.21 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $4.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.10 on an earnings per share basis. Walgreens Boots Alliance employs 345,000 workers across the globe.

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]