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

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBA shares have decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $40.32. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 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 14 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 2nd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $35.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.24 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 2.69%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.64 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 4.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's dividend history.

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

17 analysts have issued 12 month target prices 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 43.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

News stories about WBA stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutWalgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decline in short interest in the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 9,116,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%) and Park National Corp OH (0.00%). 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 Bath Savings Trust Co, and Park National Corp OH. 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 $40.32.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $35.72 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]