NASDAQ:WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock was trading at $46.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WBA stock has decreased by 8.9% and is now trading at $41.98. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 9th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 2nd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.64 earnings per share. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's earnings history.

Walgreens Boots Alliance declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be paid 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 4.36%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 19th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's dividend history.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock price to reach $49.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Press coverage about WBA stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 company's stock are short sold. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walgreens Boots Alliance include CVS Health (CVS), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), 111 (YI), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walgreens Boots Alliance investors own include AT&T (T), CVS Health (CVS), Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Red Spruce Capital LLC (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $41.98.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $36.83 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]