WBA vs. AMZN, DLTR, CVS, DG, MMM, WMT, HLF, EBAY, ONON, and TSCO
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), eBay (EBAY), ON (ONON), and Tractor Supply (TSCO).
Walgreens Boots Alliance vs. Its Competitors
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $249.42, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Walgreens Boots Alliance has a consensus price target of $10.59, suggesting a potential downside of 8.07%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 305 more articles in the media than Walgreens Boots Alliance. MarketBeat recorded 324 mentions for Amazon.com and 19 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Walgreens Boots Alliance's score of 0.61 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -4.07%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity.
Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walgreens Boots Alliance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Amazon.com pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walgreens Boots Alliance pays out -13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walgreens Boots Alliance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Walgreens Boots Alliance on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WBA) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
