NASDAQ:WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBA stock has decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $44.00. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 13 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 Thursday, April 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 2nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.45 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 2.69%. The business's revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.46 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.458 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $1.83 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's dividend history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.81-6.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.93.

16 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $57.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Media coverage about WBA stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWalgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 19,241,200 shares, a decline of 9.1% from the February 27th total of 21,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,116,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), 111 (YI), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.27%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.06%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.64%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%), LSV Asset Management (1.16%) and FMR LLC (1.14%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, PGGM Investments, AQR Capital Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Wealth Planning LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, American International Group Inc., NorthRock Partners LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Holowesko Partners Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., and JNE Partners LLP. 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 $44.00.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $38.98 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. View additional information about Walgreens Boots Alliance.

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]