NASDAQ:WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WBA stock has decreased by 12.9% and is now trading at $40.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 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 14 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 26th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 9th. The pharmacy operator reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.27. The pharmacy operator earned $34.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $34.32 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 18.84% and a net margin of 0.55%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 9th. Investors 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 dividend yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 18th. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.65-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.49.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $46.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

News coverage about WBA stock has been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 trading volume of 7,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%) and Jacobs & Co. CA (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., OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A, Bath Savings Trust Co, Whittier Trust Co., Truehand Inc, and Woodstock Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was purchased 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.

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One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.12.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $35.19 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]