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

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, June 12th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 17th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 2nd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.53 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $34.57 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 22.00% and a net margin of 3.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.73 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

19 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $66.4444 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% 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 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

News coverage about WBA stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 23,502,298 shares, a decrease of 7.5% from the March 15th total of 25,416,304 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,100,268 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the company 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), Covetrus (CVET), 111 (YI), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walgreens Boots Alliance investors own include General Electric (GE), CVS Health (CVS), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walmart (WMT) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), QV Investors Inc. (0.07%), Strs Ohio (0.05%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.05%) and Armstrong Henry H Associates Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include John Anthony Lederer, Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Kimberly R Scardino, 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 Hexavest Inc., RNC Capital Management LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Palisade Asset Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd and Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walgreens Boots Alliance company stock in the last year include Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Kimberly R Scardino, Nancy M Schlichting and William C Foote. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Pacer Advisors Inc., Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Mcrae Capital Management Inc. and Ellis Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Walgreens Boots Alliance stock in the last two years include 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 $53.47.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $48.89 billion and generates $131.54 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $5.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.02 on an earnings per share basis. Walgreens Boots Alliance employs 354,000 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]