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

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 29th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. This is a boost from Walgreens Boots Alliance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator earned $34.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $34.15 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.22% and a net margin of 3.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.33 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 11th 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 guidance of $5.90-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.95.

18 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $76.8824 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

18 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 27,286,782 shares, a decrease of 13.8% from the August 15th total of 31,651,003 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,028,273 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 3.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Express Scripts (ESRX), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

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%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), LSV Asset Management (0.88%) and Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (0.72%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, FMR LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Scharf Investments LLC, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was bought 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 $73.00.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $72.45 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.

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]