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. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 3.96% and a return on equity of 22.17%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.40-6.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.51. Walgreens Boots Alliance also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.44-6.74 EPS.

18 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $104.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's share 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.

Media headlines about WBA stock have been trending extremely positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a coverage optimism score of 4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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 daily volume of 9,686,663 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.8% 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), 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 many different of institutional and retail 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]