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. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.81%. 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 repurchase 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $33.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $33.90 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 3.96% and a return on equity of 22.17%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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 Tuesday, April 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $104.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $76.8824 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% 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 articles about WBA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 23,759,984 shares, an increase of 1.7% from the February 15th total of 24,161,822 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,393,444 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's 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), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), 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 CVS Health (CVS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walmart (WMT), Walt Disney (DIS), Bank of America (BAC) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.69%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.69%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), LSV Asset Management (1.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%). 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 Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp, KBC Group NV, Scharf Investments LLC, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, Toronto Dominion Bank and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Boston Partners, APG Asset Management N.V., CI Investments Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $62.56.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $59.02 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]