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 (WHO). 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 earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator earned $34.34 billion during 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.46 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Shareholders 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 4.16%. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings per share guidance of 5.81-6.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.93.

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

News stories about WBA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very 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 drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 19,241,200 shares, a drop of 9.1% from the February 27th total of 21,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,116,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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]