Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA – Get Free Report)’s stock price fell 4.1% during trading on Wednesday after Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on the stock from $19.00 to $9.00. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a hold rating on the stock. Walgreens Boots Alliance traded as low as $9.26 and last traded at $9.33. 10,812,812 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 37% from the average session volume of 17,231,242 shares. The stock had previously closed at $9.73.
A number of other research firms also recently commented on WBA. Barclays increased their target price on Walgreens Boots Alliance from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Walgreens Boots Alliance from $22.00 to $13.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Walgreens Boots Alliance from $20.00 to $15.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 30th. Bank of America cut their price target on Walgreens Boots Alliance from $11.00 to $7.50 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price target on Walgreens Boots Alliance from $7.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Walgreens Boots Alliance currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $12.88.
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The firm has a market cap of $8.08 billion, a PE ratio of -0.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.68 and a quick ratio of 0.37. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $9.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.91.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 15th. The pharmacy operator reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $37.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.75 billion. Walgreens Boots Alliance had a positive return on equity of 14.23% and a negative net margin of 5.85%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.67 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. will post 1.57 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.71%. Walgreens Boots Alliance’s dividend payout ratio is presently -9.99%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Company Profile
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc operates as a healthcare, pharmacy, and retail company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through three segments: U.S. Retail Pharmacy, International, and U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Retail Pharmacy segment engages in operation of the retail drugstores, health and wellness services, specialty, and home delivery pharmacy services, which offers health and wellness, beauty, personal care and consumables, and general merchandise.
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