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. Investors 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 yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 14th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 11th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator earned $33.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $33.64 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 3.96% and a return on equity of 22.17%. 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.

18 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $104.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $76.8824 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% 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 stories about WBA stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near 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. Approximately 3.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Express Scripts (ESRX), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walgreens Boots Alliance investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (intc), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walmart (WMT), Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Bank of America (BAC).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a variety of 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 bought 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 $61.69.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $58.20 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]