On Monday, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) opened lower -0.44% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $9.02. Price fluctuations for WBA have ranged from $8.08 to $27.05 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Healthcare sector company grew by 1.77% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -46.82% at the time writing. With a float of $710.05 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $864.00 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 312000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 17.96%, operating margin of -9.53%, and the pretax margin is -9.62%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Pharmaceutical Retailers industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is 17.88%, while institutional ownership is 61.05%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 11 ’24, was worth 129,330,578. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company sold 11,619,998 shares at a rate of $11.13, taking the stock ownership to the 23,239,996 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 01 ’24, when Company’s 10% Owner sold 4,438,171 for $240.56, making the entire transaction worth $1,067,646,416. This insider now owns 19,980,000 shares in total.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) Performance Highlights and Predictions
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 8/31/2024, the company posted 0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.62) by 0.04. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.53 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -46.82% per share during the next fiscal year.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.37. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.05.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -10.01, a number that is poised to hit 0.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.46 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA)
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) saw its 5-day average volume 17.92 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 17.5 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 85.78%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.39.
During the past 100 days, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s (WBA) raw stochastic average was set at 21.38%, which indicates a significant decrease from 69.23% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 47.78% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 49.76% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $9.14, while its 200-day Moving Average is $13.73. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $9.08 in the near term. At $9.17, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $9.28. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.88, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.77. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $8.68.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) Key Stats
There are currently 864,617K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.73 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 147,658 M according to its annual income of -8,636 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 37,548 M and its income totaled -3,005 M.
