WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
65.60 -0.03 (-0.05%)
Pre-market: 8:03AM EDT
| Previous close | 65.16 |
| Open | 64.80 |
| Bid | 65.50 x 1300 |
| Ask | 65.69 x 800 |
| Day's range | 64.80 - 65.67 |
| 52-week range | 59.07 - 83.89 |
| Volume | 7,607,718 |
| Avg. volume | 6,886,049 |
| Market cap | 65.132B |
| Beta | 0.83 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 15.45 |
| EPS (TTM) | 4.25 |
| Earnings date | 27 Jun 2018 - 2 Jul 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.76 (2.78%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2018-08-17 |
| 1y target est | 71.32 |
- Motley Fool•yesterday
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- Zacks•6 days ago
Buy Walgreens (WBA) Stock Because It's Cheap & Amazon Fears Are Overblown?
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) are down 16.5% over the last year based mostly on Amazon (AMZN) fears. There is no doubt that online selling and delivery have altered the retail world, but does that mean Walgreens can no longer compete? Let's dive into some of WBA's fundamentals to see what to do with the stock.
- Bloomberg•6 days ago
Trump to Meet Lockheed, Mars and Walgreens Reps at U.K. Palace Dinner
Donald Trump met with business people from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean Thursday evening as his host Theresa May aimed to impress the U.S. president with Blenheim Palace, the opulent 300-year-old birthplace of World War II leader Winston Churchill. “Mr. President, Sir Winston Churchill once said that ‘to have the United States at our side was, to me, the greatest joy,”’ May told Trump at the dinner, according to her office. Fresh from a NATO summit in Brussels in which he demanded other Western nations double their defense contributions to 4 percent of gross domestic product, May is organizing the formal dinner -- tuxedo and black tie a must -- to talk up trade prospects with the U.S. following Brexit next year.
- CNBC•6 days ago
European markets higher after latest trade war jolt; Gerresheimer surges 9.5%
European stocks were higher as investors consolidated steep losses from the previous session.
- Motley Fool•7 days ago
Why Walgreen Boots Alliance, Inc. Stock Has Shed 13% So Far This Year
Shares of the drugstore chain have pulled back this year as competition from Amazon has stepped up.
Market Realist•7 days agoWalgreens: Why Evercore ISI Downgraded the Stock
On July 10, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) was downgraded to “in-line” from “outperform” by Ross Muken, an analyst at Evercore ISI, according to a report from CNBC. Walgreens fell 0.8% to $63.20 on July 10. Walgreens has fallen ~13% year-to-date.
- CNBC•8 days ago
Analyst says his downgrade of Walgreens 'one of the more painful experiences' in his 15-year career
Walgreens isn't the only one feeling the pressure of Amazon's PillPack acquisition, as one analyst copped to incorrectly calculating how the e-commerce giant would be able to compete with drugstores.
- MarketWatch•8 days ago
Walgreens' stock falls to pace Dow losers after Evercore ISI downgrades on 'too high' wall of worry
MARKET PULSE Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (wba) dropped 0.5% in morning trade Tuesday, enough to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (djia) decliners, after Evercore ISI downgraded the drug store chain citing a "long litany" of potential headwinds.
- Bloomberg•8 days ago
Walgreens Analyst Owns Up to His Own Bad Call
Evercore ISI analyst Ross Muken was the latter, by his own admission, with his lengthy support of Walgreens Boots Alliance. “Everyone makes mistakes (I think my mom taught me this?),” wrote Evercore ISI analyst Ross Muken in a note to clients on Tuesday. In the past 12 months, shares of Walgreens have dropped 18 percent, propelled by a 10 percent nosedive two weeks ago after Amazon.com Inc. announced its purchase of online pharmacy PillPack, putting it in direct competition with Jeff Bezos’s megalith.
- Business Wire•9 days ago
Walgreens Earns Best Place to Work for Disability Equality in 2018 Disability Equality Index
Walgreens received the top-score of 100 percent on the 2018 Disability Equality Index® (DEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to disability inclusion and workplace equality, administered by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the U.S. Business Leadership Network (USLBN). This marks the second consecutive year Walgreens has earned a 100 percent score from the DEI and named one of the DEI Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.
- CNBC•9 days ago
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- CNBC•10 days ago
Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods flipped the meal-kit industry upside down; celebrity spokesmodels, football stars help sell vegan dinners
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- Bloomberg•12 days ago
Amazon Is Already Undercutting Prices on Over-the-Counter Pills
Median prices for over-the-counter, private-brand medicine sold by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and CVS Health Corp. were about 20 percent higher than Basic Care, the over-the-counter drug line sold exclusively by Amazon, according to a report Friday by Jefferies Group analysts. Last week, Amazon announced that it was buying PillPack, a pharmacy company that will give it an entry point into the U.S.’s $328.6 billion market for prescription drugs. Shares of CVS and Walgreens plunged on the news, as investors bet Amazon could lure pharmacy customers with lower prices, and give them one less reason to go to the corner drugstore.
- CNBC•12 days ago
Amazon undercuts drugstores on prices for most over-the-counter drugs
Analysts found CVS' products were 20 percent more expensive than Amazon's at the median, while Walgreen's were 22 percent higher than Amazon's.
Market Realist•12 days agoWhy Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Disappointed in H1 2018
Amazon to blame? Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) stock fell 17.4% in the first six months of 2018, and the reason is Amazon (AMZN). On June 28, the e-commerce giant announced the acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack, and the stocks of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Rite Aid (RAD), and CVS Health (CVS) fell 9.9%, 11.1%, and 6.1%, respectively.
- Zacks•12 days ago
Rite Aid (RAD) Stock Picks Momentum: Will It Scale Higher?
Rite Aid (RAD) gathers momentum on pending merger with Albertsons, the sale of assets to Walgreens, lesser debt burden and a robust outlook.
- Motley Fool•13 days ago
Amazon's PillPack Purchase Puts It on a Collision Course With the Pharmacy Sector
For $1 billion, the e-commerce giant got an instant large-scale entry into prescription drug sales.
- Zacks•13 days ago
Amazon Forays Into Pharmacy Business: Red Alert for Others?
Amazon's entry into the high-potential pharmaceutical industry deals a blow to share prices of major players.
- CNBC•13 days ago
Amazon-PillPack deal shows that the Dow selection process is more irrelevant than GE
The Dow Jones Industrial Average cited the industrials sector waning significance to the economy in dropping GE, but it is the DJIA itself that is irrelevant. Adding Walgreens as General Electric's replacement two days before Amazon entered the pharmacy business helps prove it.
- Business Wire•13 days ago
Walgreens Boots Alliance Completes Investment in Chinese Pharmacy Chain GuoDa
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) today announced that, following receipt of regulatory approvals, it has completed the previously announced agreement to acquire a 40 percent minority stake in Sinopharm Holding GuoDa Drugstores Co., Ltd. (“GuoDa”), a leading retail pharmacy chain in China. Walgreens Boots Alliance acquired the minority stake in GuoDa through a capital increase worth RMB2.767 billion (around $416 million), and will account for the stake as an equity method investment. Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Stefano Pessina commented: “We are delighted that we have received regulatory approvals and our investment agreement has now been completed.
CNBC•13 days agoEuropean markets close higher as auto stocks jump 3.4%; investors monitor U.S.-China tariff deadline
A softening in U.S. trade rhetoric boosted auto-related stocks listed in Europe.
Market Realist•14 days agoHow Pharmacies and Drugstores Are Defending against Amazon
Earlier, we discussed how Amazon’s (AMZN) purchase of PillPack is expected to pose a threat to existing players in the pharmaceutical space. It’s very likely that these concerns have been picked up by the market, as the stocks of all major players in the space have lost considerable value.
- Market Realist•15 days ago
The Underperformers in the Consumer Sector Last Week
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) reported its Q3 2018 results on June 28 before the market opened. The company reported a 14% YoY (year-over-year) increase in revenue to $34.3 billion. EPS rose 15% YoY (year-over-year) to $1.53. Revenue and EPS surpassed estimates by 0.8% and 3.4%, respectively. Despite strong results, Walgreens stock plummeted 11.2% last week after Amazon (AMZN) announced its PillPack acquisition deal. CVS Health (CVS) stock also fell 10.8% after the announcement.
- CNBC•16 days ago
Companies buying back their own shares is the only thing keeping the stock market afloat right now
Companies announced $433.6 billion in share repurchases during the period, nearly doubling the previous record of $242.1 billion in the first quarter. At the same time, investors dumped $23.7 billion in stock market-focused funds in June, also a new record.
- Market Realist•16 days ago
Here’s Why Walgreens Stock Crashed despite Strong Q3 Results
As we’ve seen in this series, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) posted better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results before the market opened on June 28. Management also raised the lower end of the company’s fiscal 2018 earnings guidance and announced plans to repurchase up to $10 billion of its shares and increase its dividends by 10% to $0.44.
