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 Thursday, October 25th. Investors of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 20th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $33.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.90 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 22.17% and a net margin of 3.96%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.28 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.40-6.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.51. Walgreens Boots Alliance also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.44-6.74 EPS.

18 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $77.8235 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

News coverage about WBA stock has been trending extremely positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 news impact score of 4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 22,097,674 shares, a drop of 17.5% from the December 14th total of 26,775,439 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,686,663 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the stock 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), Rite Aid (RAD), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), 111 (YI), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.12%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.05%), RNC Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Alta Capital Management LLC (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Janice M Babiak, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Hexavest Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Alta Capital Management LLC, Paragon Capital Management LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Highland Capital Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Corrado Advisors LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Polianta Ltd, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO and Lynch & Associates IN. Company insiders that have bought Walgreens Boots Alliance stock in the last two years include Janice M Babiak, 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 $72.43.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $68.33 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]