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 Monday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 14th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 2nd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.53 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $34.57 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 3.77% and a return on equity of 22.00%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.73 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

19 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $66.4444 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 4 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 been trending positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 23,502,298 shares, a decline of 7.5% from the March 15th total of 25,416,304 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,100,268 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 3.0% 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), Express Scripts (ESRX), Covetrus (CVET), 111 (YI), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), 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 General Electric (GE), CVS Health (CVS), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walmart (WMT) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.05%), Armstrong Henry H Associates Inc. (0.05%), Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC (0.05%) and Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.04%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include 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 Hexavest Inc., RNC Capital Management LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Palisade Asset Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Bank of The West and Carnick & Kubik Group 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Pacer Advisors Inc., Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Mcrae Capital Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC and Bfsg LLC. Company insiders that have bought Walgreens Boots Alliance stock in the last two years include 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 $54.99.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $50.28 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]