NASDAQ:WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, June 12th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 17th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.18. The pharmacy operator earned $33.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.20 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 20.38%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.36 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, 28th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.85-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.79.

21 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $82.4737 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,208,596 shares, a drop of 23.9% from the April 30th total of 18,661,367 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,230,832 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Express Scripts (ESRX), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

News headlines about WBA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the pharmacy operator an impact score of 47.14 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Franklin Resources Inc. (1.59%), Northern Trust Corp (1.10%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.01%), CI Global Investments Inc. (0.82%), LSV Asset Management (0.75%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.71%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Janice M Babiak, John Anthony Lederer, Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, 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., Millennium Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Fayez Sarofim & Co, Swiss National Bank, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, FIL Ltd, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, American Century Companies Inc., Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 $64.15.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $65.25 billion and generates $118.21 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $4.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.10 on an earnings per share basis. Walgreens Boots Alliance employs 345,000 workers across the globe.

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]