Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has a beta value of 0.63 and has seen 3.32 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $7.67B, closed the recent trade at $8.87 per share which meant it gained $0.14 on the day or 1.60% during that session. The WBA stock price is -204.96% off its 52-week high price of $27.05 and 8.91% above the 52-week low of $8.08. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 21.86 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 22.69 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.00. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 6 out of 11 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.39.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) trade information
Sporting 1.60% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the WBA stock price touched $8.87 or saw a rise of 3.06%. Year-to-date, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc shares have moved -66.03%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 7.65%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) have changed -5.13%. Short interest in the company has seen 100.79 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.14.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $13, which means that the shares’ value could jump 31.77% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $2.0 while the price target rests at a high of $57.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -542.62% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 77.45% from the levels at last check today.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -42.37% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -46.88%, compared to -39.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 1.15%.
11 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 37.36B for the current quarter. 11 have an estimated revenue figure of 37.63B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 36.71B and 37.05B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 1.79% for the current quarter and 1.15% for the next.
WBA Dividends
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.00 at a share yield of 11.27%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 5.88%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA)’s Major holders
Insiders own 17.66% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 61.77% with a share float percentage of 75.03%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc having a total of 1220.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 82.21 million shares worth more than $994.3 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.5247% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 70.01 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $846.76 million and represent 8.1114% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. As of Jun 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.51% shares in the company for having 21.66 shares of worth $192.82 million while later fund manager owns 18.77 shares of worth $167.01 million as of Sep 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.17% of company’s outstanding stock.
