How to buy Walgreens Boots Alliance stock (WBA)

Walgreens Boots Alliance is a pharmaceutical retailers business based in the US. Walgreens Boots Alliance shares (WBA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $9.19 – a decrease of 5.26% over the previous week. Walgreens Boots Alliance employs 193,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $147.7 billion.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance stock price (NASDAQ: WBA)

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Walgreens Boots Alliance shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$9.19
52-week range	$7.98 - $25.00
50-day moving average more info button	$9.31
200-day moving average more info button	$13.07
Wall St. target price	$10.36
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$1.23 (10.31%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-10.01

Is it a good time to buy Walgreens Boots Alliance stock?

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Walgreens Boots Alliance price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $9.3 from 2024-12-23

1 week (2024-12-18)	-4.12%
1 month (2024-11-25)	2.65%
3 months (2024-09-25)	12.73%
6 months (2024-06-25)	-40.76%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-64.53%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-72.07%
3 years (2021-12-23)	41.5564
5 years (2019-12-24)	44.3026

Is Walgreens Boots Alliance stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Walgreens Boots Alliance stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Walgreens Boots Alliance's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's PEG ratio

Walgreens Boots Alliance's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.5531. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Walgreens Boots Alliance's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's EBITDA

Walgreens Boots Alliance's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.9 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Walgreens Boots Alliance's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Walgreens Boots Alliance financials

Revenue TTM	$147.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.35%
Gross profit TTM	$27.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	0.59%
Return on equity TTM	-75.97%
Profit margin	-5.85%
Book value	$12.09
Market Capitalization more info button	$8.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Walgreens Boots Alliance share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 34.72% of net profits

Recently Walgreens Boots Alliance has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Walgreens Boots Alliance shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Walgreens Boots Alliance's case, that would currently equate to about $1.23 per share.

While Walgreens Boots Alliance's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Walgreens Boots Alliance may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's most recent dividend payout was on 11 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares ever split?

Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 February 1999 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Walgreens Boots Alliance shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Walgreens Boots Alliance shares which in turn could have impacted Walgreens Boots Alliance's share price.

Walgreens Boots Alliance share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.9777 up to $25.0047. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Walgreens Boots Alliance's is 0.669. This would suggest that Walgreens Boots Alliance's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Walgreens Boots Alliance overview

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a healthcare, pharmacy, and retail company in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through three segments: U. S. Retail Pharmacy, International, and U. S. Healthcare.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Walgreens Boots Alliance is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 17.491% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by insiders and 61.775% by institutions. How many people work for Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Latest data suggests 193,000 work at Walgreens Boots Alliance. When does the fiscal year end for Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's fiscal year ends in August. Where is Walgreens Boots Alliance based?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's address is: 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, IL, United States, 60015 What is Walgreens Boots Alliance's ISIN number?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's international securities identification number is: US9314271084 What is Walgreens Boots Alliance's CUSIP number?
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 931422109