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As of close of business last night, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s stock clocked out at $10.56, up 3.53% from its previous closing price of $10.20. In other words, the price has increased by $3.53 from its previous closing price. On the day, 10.2 million shares were traded. WBA stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.58 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $10.2.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of WBA’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.31 and its Current Ratio is at 0.65. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.18.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Leerink Partners on February 26, 2024, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $23.
On January 03, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $21.Barclays initiated its Underweight rating on January 03, 2024, with a $21 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 01 ’24 when Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdi bought 3,398,929 shares for $244.46 per share.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sold 4,438,171 shares of WBA for $1,067,646,416 on Aug 01 ’24. The 10% Owner now owns 19,980,000 shares after completing the transaction at $240.56 per share. On May 22 ’24, another insider, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, sold 1,859,390 shares for $215.12 each. As a result, the insider received 400,000,158 and left with 24,418,171 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WBA now has a Market Capitalization of 9116184576 and an Enterprise Value of 43857182720. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.301 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.092.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WBA has reached a high of $29.41, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.56%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -44.32%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that WBA traded 19.18M shares on average per day over the past three months and 14266010 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 863.67M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 711.58M. Insiders hold about 17.57% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.82% stake in the company. Shares short for WBA as of 1722384000 were 66334724 with a Short Ratio of 3.46, compared to 1719532800 on 59051994. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 66334724 and a Short% of Float of 10.5399996.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.46, WBA has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.46. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.14313726The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.38.
