NASDAQ:WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the 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 revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.33 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

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 EPS estimate of $5.95.

18 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $96.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $77.0588 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,165,556 shares, an increase of 15.9% from the May 31st total of 14,810,457 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,380,135 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock 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).

News headlines about WBA stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a coverage optimism score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the pharmacy operator an impact score of 46.31 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.17%), Hexavest Inc. (0.14%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.05%). 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 Welch & Forbes LLC, Guidant Wealth Advisors, Grassi Investment Management, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Bath Savings Trust Co, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Park National Corp OH and Vigilant Capital 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Bank of Montreal Can, DnB Asset Management AS, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Founders Capital Management LLC and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 $65.63.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $64.68 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]