In today’s recent session, 4.24 million shares of the Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) have been traded, and its beta is 0.68. Most recently the company’s share price was $10.81, and it changed around -$0.03 or -0.26% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $9.34B. WBA at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $22.05, offering almost -103.98% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $8.08, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 25.25% since then.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.90. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 3 out of 18 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 10 recommended WBA as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.52 for the current quarter.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) trade information
Instantly WBA has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.26% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 11.85 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 8.78%. The company’s shares are currently up 15.83% year-to-date, but still down -2.11% over the last five days. On the other hand, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) is 10.72% up in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $10, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -8.1% from its current value. Analyst projections state that WBA is forecast to be at a low of $9 and a high of $12.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 2.70%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 10 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 37.9B in revenue for the current quarter. 10 analysts expect Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc to make 36.96B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 37.05B and 36.35B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 2.30%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 1.69%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc earnings are expected to increase by -43.99% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -16.60% per year for the next five years.
WBA Dividends
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in April. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 6.94 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.75. It is important to note, however, that the 6.94% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC., with 8.1114% or 70.01 million shares worth $846.76 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Sep 30, 2024. The former held 21.86 shares worth $235.72 million, making up 2.53% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 19.42 shares worth around $209.47 million, which represents about 2.25% of the total shares outstanding.