NASDAQ:WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. This is a boost from Walgreens Boots Alliance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 28th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.06. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $34.15 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a return on equity of 21.22% and a net margin of 3.36%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.33 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.90-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.95.

19 analysts have issued 12-month target prices 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 $78.5556 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 32,645,275 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the July 13th total of 28,307,872 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,968,870 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 3.9% of the company's shares 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), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

News articles about WBA stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the pharmacy operator an impact score of 47.31 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.36%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), LSV Asset Management (0.88%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (0.72%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.70%). 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, FMR LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Scharf Investments LLC, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and State of Wisconsin Investment Board. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, LSV Asset Management, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BlackRock Inc., River Road Asset Management LLC and Sterling Capital Management LLC. 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 $70.27.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $69.46 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]