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 Thursday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan 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. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 11th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 3.82% and a return on equity of 21.75%. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 20th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Sunday, October, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of 6.40-6.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.42.

18 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $78.1176 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. 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 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 6 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 positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 24,834,046 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the November 15th total of 23,239,464 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,983,711 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares 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), 111 (YI), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.44%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.47%), BlackRock Inc. (5.56%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.98%), Capital World Investors (1.91%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Janice M Babiak, 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 Man Group plc, American Century Companies Inc., Capital Research Global Investors, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, CI Global Investments Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC. 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Capital World Investors, LSV Asset Management, Capital International Investors, Morgan Stanley, Mackenzie Financial Corp and FMR 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 $78.74.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $74.47 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]