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 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBA shares have decreased by 9.0% and is now trading at $41.91.
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15 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 14 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 26th 2020.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 9th. The pharmacy operator reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.27. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.32 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 0.55% and a return on equity of 19.43%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 9th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.4675 per share on Friday, September 11th. This represents a $1.87 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 18th. This is a positive change from Walgreens Boots Alliance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.65-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.49.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $46.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about WBA stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,290,000 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the May 31st total of 15,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walgreens Boots Alliance investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), CVS Health (CVS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE) and General Electric (GE).

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.00%), BlackRock Inc. (6.03%), FMR LLC (1.34%), LSV Asset Management (1.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%) and Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (0.67%). Company insiders that own Walgreens Boots Alliance stock include Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Kimberly R Scardino, Marco Patrick Anthony Pagni, Nancy M Schlichting, Ornella Barra and William C Foote.
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WBA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Cullen Capital Management LLC, American International Group Inc., and Victory Capital Management Inc..
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WBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Unigestion Holding SA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, and Russell Investments Group Ltd..
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.91.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $36.32 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]