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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) closed the day trading at $9.73 down -1.12% from the previous closing price of $9.84. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 19.99 million shares were traded. WBA stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.015 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.56.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WBA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.37 and its Current Ratio is at 0.68. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.86.
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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 11 ’24 when Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sold 11,619,998 shares for $11.13 per share. The transaction valued at 129,330,578 led to the insider holds 23,239,996 shares of the business.
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 Aug 01 ’24, another insider, Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdi, who serves as the Affiliate of the company, bought 3,398,929 shares for $244.46 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 8507833856 and an Enterprise Value of 40885723136. 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 0.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.277 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.177.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WBA has reached a high of $27.05, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.46%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.46%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WBA traded about 23.25M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WBA traded about 28447030 shares per day. A total of 864.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 710.05M. Insiders hold about 17.88% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.97% stake in the company. Shares short for WBA as of 1732838400 were 101280081 with a Short Ratio of 4.36, compared to 1730332800 on 87433966. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 101280081 and a Short% of Float of 16.059999.
Dividends & Splits
WBA’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.00, up from 1.23 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.125The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.01.
