NASDAQ:WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WBA stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $39.01. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 13 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 9th. The pharmacy operator reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.36. The pharmacy operator earned $34.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $34.32 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.26% and a net margin of 2.52%. The company's revenue was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.4675 per share on Friday, September 11th. This represents a $1.87 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.79%. This is an increase from Walgreens Boots Alliance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's dividend history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.65-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.49.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $49.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

News stories about WBA stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 18,290,000 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the June 15th total of 15,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.03%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.01%) and Legacy Private Trust Co. (0.01%). 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 Jacobs & Co. CA, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Legacy Capital Partners Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, Truehand Inc, Woodstock Corp, IBM Retirement Fund, and Home Federal Bank of Tennessee. View insider buying and selling activity for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Unison Advisors LLC, Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc, Nadler Financial Group Inc., Legacy Private Trust Co., and Canandaigua National 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 activity 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 $39.01.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $34.22 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.

The official website for Walgreens Boots Alliance is 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]