Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [NASDAQ: WBA] jumped around 0.08 points on Monday, while shares priced at $11.55 at the close of the session, up 0.70%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc stock is now -0.17% down from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. WBA Stock saw the intraday high of $11.5582 and lowest of $11.45 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 13.25, which means current price is +27.34% above from all time high which was touched on 01/17/25.
Compared to the average trading volume of 10.33M shares, WBA reached a trading volume of 8417042 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WBA shares is $12.09 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WBA stock is a recommendation set at 2.85. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Deutsche Bank have made an estimate for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sell, with their previous recommendation back on February 28, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Leerink Partners raised their target price to Market Perform. The new note on the price target was released on February 26, 2024, representing the official price target for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.39, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.96. Price to Free Cash Flow for WBA in the course of the last twelve months was 17.24 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.32.
How has WBA stock performed recently?
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.87. With this latest performance, WBA shares gained by 2.67% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 23.79% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 23.79% in the past year of trading.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA] shares currently have an operating margin of 0.26% and a Gross Margin at 15.55%. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -4.07%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -8.27%, with Return on Assets sitting at -8.27%.
Earnings analysis for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for WBA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc go to -17.11%.
Insider trade positions for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA]
There are presently around $61.57%, or 74.58% of WBA stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WBA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 82.21 million shares, which is approximately 9.5247%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 70.01 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$846.76 million in WBA stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$440.6 million in WBA stock with ownership which is approximately 4.2206%.
