Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA )

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Company brief: WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC. (WBA )


Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and beauty retail company. It operates through two segments, the United States and International. The United States segment sells prescription drugs and an assortment of retail products, including health, wellness, beauty, personal care, consumable, and general merchandise products through its retail drugstores. It also provides central specialty pharmacy services and mail services. As of August 31, 2021, this segment operated 8,965 retail stores under the Walgreens and Duane Reade brands in the United States; and five specialty pharmacies. The International segment sells prescription drugs; and health and wellness, beauty, personal care, and other consumer products through its pharmacy-led health and beauty retail stores and optical practices, as well as through boots.com and an integrated mobile application. It also engages in pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution business in Germany. As of August 31, 2021, this segment operated 4,031 retail stores under the Boots, Benavides, and Ahumada in the United Kingdom, Thailand, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Chile; and 548 optical practices, including 160 on a franchise basis. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

WBA Corporation News

Walgreens: A Turnaround Stock To Avoid

October 15, 2024 at 4:32 pm ET

seekingalpha.com -- Walgreens plans to close 1,200 stores, impacting 13.79% of its total locations, to restructure and improve financial health. Despite beating Wall Street estimates, Walgreens' adjusted operating income...

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

October 15, 2024 at 12:38 pm ET

seekingalpha.com -- Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA ) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript October 15, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Tiffany Kanaga - VP of Global IR Tim Wentworth - CEO Manmohan Mahajan - G...

WBA Stock Up on Q4 Earnings & Revenues Beat, Unveils Strategic Action

October 15, 2024 at 12:25 pm ET

zacks.com -- Walgreens reports better-than-expected earnings and revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024....

Walgreens Doesn't ‘Count on' Strong Consumer Spend for Q4

October 15, 2024 at 12:07 pm ET

pymnts.com -- Walgreens Boots Alliance is undertaking a transformation focused on its retail pharmacy business in response to persistent challenges in the consumer market and pharmacy sector. As part of this strate...

Why Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Is Skyrocketing Today

October 15, 2024 at 11:51 am ET

fool.com -- Investors are applauding the pharmacy retailer's plan to close many of its unprofitable stores....

Walgreens Closing 1,200 Stores As Earnings Beat Projections

October 15, 2024 at 10:42 am ET

forbes.com -- Walgreens will close 1,200 stores over the next three years after announcing fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat analyst expectations, as the pharmacy chain—which reported future “signifi...

Walgreen Boots Alliance plans to close 1,200 stores as annual losses double

October 15, 2024 at 10:39 am ET

proactiveinvestors.com -- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA, ETR:W8A) was one of the top risers on the S&P 500, jumping 10.4% as it announced plans to close most of its underperforming stores.  Investors were impresse...

Compared to Estimates, Walgreens (WBA) Q4 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

October 15, 2024 at 10:31 am ET

zacks.com -- While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Walgreens (WBA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended August 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare...

Walgreens Plans To Close 1,200 Stores Over Next Three Years

October 15, 2024 at 9:31 am ET

investopedia.com -- Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) said Tuesday that it is shutting around 1,200 stores over the next three years, as the drugstore chain moves to turn around its troubled U.S. business....

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as CEO Wentworth drives turnaround strategy

October 15, 2024 at 9:30 am ET

invezz.com -- Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced plans to shutter 1,200 stores across the US over the next three years as the company embarks on a comprehensive turnaround strategy under new CEO Tim Wentworth....

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