Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WBA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WBA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their WBA share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $42.46 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.1% from the stock's current price.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $37.36 at the start of the year. Since then, WBA stock has decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at $31.19.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 29th 2023.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.56 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a negative net margin of 2.36% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.42%. The business's revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.59 earnings per share.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 20th. Investors of record on Friday, May 19th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Monday, June 12th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 18th.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.33%. WBA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.45-$4.65 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.51. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

4,267 employees have rated Walgreens Boots Alliance Chief Executive Officer Stefano Pessina on Glassdoor.com. Stefano Pessina has an approval rating of 32% among the company's employees. This puts Stefano Pessina in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.35%), State Street Corp (6.45%), FMR LLC (1.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.56%), Federated Hermes Inc. (1.01%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.79%). Insiders that own company stock include Kevin M Ban, Marco Patrick Anthony Pagni, Nancy M Schlichting, Rosalind G Brewer and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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Shares of WBA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.19.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) has a market capitalization of $26.91 billion and generates $132.70 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $4.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or ($3.65) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 325,000 workers across the globe.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's mailing address is 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.walgreensbootsalliance.com. The pharmacy operator can be reached via phone at (847) 315-3700, via email at investor.relations@wba.com, or via fax at 847-914-2804.