NASDAQ:WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBA shares have decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $42.29. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating 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, July 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 2nd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $35.82 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $35.24 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.26% and a net margin of 2.52%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.64 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be given a dividend of $0.4575 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $1.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 19th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's dividend history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.65-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.42.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $49.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Headlines about WBA stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative media 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 18,290,000 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the June 15th total of 15,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.03%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%) and OmniStar Financial Group Inc. (0.00%). 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Legacy Capital Partners Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, Truehand Inc, Woodstock Corp, IBM Retirement Fund, Home Federal Bank of Tennessee, and Clarius Group LLC. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Fulton Bank N. A., Diversified Trust Co, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Red Spruce Capital LLC. 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 $42.29.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $37.10 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.

The official website for Walgreens Boots Alliance is 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]