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The price of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) closed at $11.26 in the last session, up 0.54% from day before closing price of $11.20. In other words, the price has increased by $0.54 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.38 million shares were traded. WBA stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.18.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at WBA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.30 and its Current Ratio is at 0.64. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.80.
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 the company, Deutsche Bank on February 28, 2025, Downgraded its rating to Sell and sets its target price to $9 from $11 previously.
On February 26, 2024, Leerink Partners started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $23.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 18 ’25 when Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sold 12,000,000 shares for $21.16 per share. The transaction valued at 253,920,000 led to the insider holds 11,239,996 shares of the business.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sold 1,286,376 shares of WBA for $314,531,796 on Feb 06 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 12,570,000 shares after completing the transaction at $244.51 per share. On Feb 06 ’25, another insider, Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdi, who serves as the Affiliate of the company, bought 1,081,885 shares for $246.13 each.
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 9736915968 and an Enterprise Value of 41576366080. 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 0.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.276 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.728.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WBA is 0.64, which has changed by -0.45917386 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WBA has reached a high of $22.05, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.04%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.20%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, WBA traded on average about 27.32M shares per day over the past 3-months and 36404960 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 863.49M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 710.20M. Insiders hold about 17.87% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.08% stake in the company. Shares short for WBA as of 1740700800 were 62973296 with a Short Ratio of 2.30, compared to 1738281600 on 63514330. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 62973296 and a Short% of Float of 8.7299995.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for WBA is 0.75, which was 1.0 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08928572The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.33.
