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

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

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.458 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $1.83 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 8th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.03. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $34.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $34.45 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a net margin of 2.69% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The firm's revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.46 EPS. View Walgreens Boots Alliance's Earnings History.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.81-6.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.93.

17 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price to reach $59.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 14 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Headlines about WBA stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walgreens Boots Alliance earned a daily sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Walgreens Boots Alliance saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 22,000,000 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the December 15th total of 19,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,890,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walgreens Boots Alliance investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), HCA Healthcare (HCA), General Electric (GE), Pandora Media (P), Ryder System (R), Bank of America (BAC), AbbVie (ABBV), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Walgreens Boots Alliance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.07%), Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.06%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.03%) and Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.03%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cerebellum GP LLC, Galibier Capital Management Ltd., Kempner Capital Management Inc. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walgreens Boots Alliance.

WBA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Donaldson Capital Management LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., FNY Investment Advisers LLC and Cardinal Capital Management Inc.. 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 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.41.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market capitalization of $48.20 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.View Additional Information About Walgreens Boots Alliance.

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]