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

Walgreens Boots Alliance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WBA."

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.458 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $1.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 8th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator earned $34.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 quarterly revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.46 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated 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.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $59.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

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.

Headlines about WBA stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing 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 daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,000,000 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the December 31st total of 19,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,850,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 3.0% 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), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), Petmed Express (PETS), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), 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 Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), HCA Healthcare (HCA), General Electric (GE), AbbVie (ABBV), Pandora Media (P), Ryder System (R), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.09%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.04%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.04%). 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 PGGM Investments, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cerebellum GP LLC, Galibier Capital Management Ltd., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Kempner Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Michigan Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Donaldson Capital Management LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.33.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $46.36 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]