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 Monday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 14th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $33.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.90 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 22.17% and a net margin of 3.96%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.28 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.40-6.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.51. Walgreens Boots Alliance also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.44-6.74 EPS.

18 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $76.8824 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% 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 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 5 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 trended neutral recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 23,759,984 shares, an increase of 1.7% from the February 15th total of 24,161,822 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,393,444 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.69%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.69%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), LSV Asset Management (1.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%). 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 Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp, KBC Group NV, Scharf Investments LLC, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, Toronto Dominion Bank and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Boston Partners, APG Asset Management N.V., CI Investments Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $63.08.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $59.51 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]