WBA vs. AMZN, DLTR, CVS, DG, MMM, WMT, HLF, YUM, TSCO, and ONON
Should you be buying Walgreens Boots Alliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walgreens Boots Alliance include Amazon.com (AMZN), Dollar Tree (DLTR), CVS Health (CVS), Dollar General (DG), 3M (MMM), Walmart (WMT), Herbalife (HLF), Yum! Brands (YUM), Tractor Supply (TSCO), and ON (ONON).
Walgreens Boots Alliance vs. Its Competitors
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 254 more articles in the media than Walgreens Boots Alliance. MarketBeat recorded 257 mentions for Amazon.com and 3 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.12 indicating that Walgreens Boots Alliance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -4.07%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity.
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Walgreens Boots Alliance has a consensus price target of $10.15, suggesting a potential downside of 15.28%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Walgreens Boots Alliance on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:WBA) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
