Walgreens Boots Alliance - WBA Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 8 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WBA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WBA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their WBA share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $46.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $52.16 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, WBA shares have decreased by 21.6% and is now trading at $40.87.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 13th 2022.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 30th. The pharmacy operator reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.01. The pharmacy operator earned $32.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.23 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.20% and a net margin of 4.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.51 EPS.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 18th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.54%. WBA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 47 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 30.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WBA will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4,267 employees have rated Walgreens Boots Alliance Chief Executive Officer Stefano Pessina on Glassdoor.com. Stefano Pessina has an approval rating of 32% among the company's employees. This puts Stefano Pessina in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.82%), FMR LLC (1.71%), Northern Trust Corp (0.94%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.56%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.48%) and Swiss National Bank (0.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Marco Patrick Anthony Pagni, Nancy M Schlichting and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.87.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) has a market capitalization of $35.32 billion and generates $132.51 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $2.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.20 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 315,000 workers across the globe.

Walgreens Boots Alliance was founded in 2014.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's mailing address is 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.walgreensbootsalliance.com. The pharmacy operator can be reached via phone at (847) 315-3700, via email at investor.relations@wba.com, or via fax at 847-914-2804.