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Some Quick Facts About Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA)

Walgreens Boots Alliance moved -0.2% this evening session, trading between a high of $22.27 and a low of $21.95 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $22.04 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $30.4.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and beauty retail company. The large-cap retail-drug stores and proprietary stores company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 8.7%. Walgreens Boots Alliance has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of -3.82, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of -5.8.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -2.95. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Overview of the Company's Gross Margins:

Date Reported Revenue ($ k) Cost of Revenue ($ k) Gross Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2022-10-13 132,703,000 -104,437,000 21 0.0
2021-10-14 132,509,000 -104,442,000 21 0.0
2020-10-15 121,982,000 -95,905,000 21 -8.7
2019-10-28 120,074,000 -91,915,000 23 0.0
2018-10-11 131,537,000 -100,745,000 23 -8.0
2017-10-25 118,214,000 -89,052,000 25

Walgreens Boots Alliance's 22.3% average gross margins are thinner than the 23.25% average of the Pharmaceutical Retail industry, implying that the firm might be lacking in competitivity.

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