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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, June 12th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.18. The pharmacy operator earned $33.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.20 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 20.38%. The firm's revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.36 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June, 28th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.85-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.79.

21 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $97.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $82.4737 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,208,596 shares, a decrease of 23.9% from the April 30th total of 18,661,367 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,230,832 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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 coverage about WBA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the pharmacy operator an impact score of 47.78 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (1.59%), Northern Trust Corp (1.10%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.01%), CI Global Investments Inc. (0.82%), LSV Asset Management (0.75%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.71%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Millennium Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Fayez Sarofim & Co, Swiss National Bank, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, FIL Ltd, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, American Century Companies Inc., Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 $64.13.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $65.25 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]