Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA) Buy, Sell or Hold

Home

Daily Stock Opinions and Ratings

Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA)

Wealthica The ultimate 360° Tracker Your financial life in one place, automatically

12.05

+0.07 (0.58%)

as of Aug 27, 2025, 11:48:28 pm Market Open.

122 watching

COMMENT

Overall they are doing pretty well. This is a leader in their field in the US. Price point is way too high for him to be interested in.

WAIT

Not of interest to him. Managed to loose money for so many years and yet still stay alive. The longer it hangs in the better a chance it has to turn around. You might want to look at Right Aid.

BUY

Old contract expired at end of 2011 with a prescription company. Cost them. It is pretty well priced into the stock. Will do well over the long term.

DON'T BUY

Doesn't feel they have executed brilliantly. He owns, but is not keen on adding to at this time.

WEAK BUY

Rumor today that "Express Scripts" and Walgreen have come to an agreement. In pharmacy space likes Walgreen over Express Scripts.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Jan 6/11. Down 18.21%.) Picked a fight with Express Scripts (ESRX-Q) with very low prospects of winning. Will be re-examining this one.

TOP PICK

If they don’t deal with the express scripts it will hurt them about 7%. In a battle over pricing. Things it will be settled.

DON'T BUY

Will problems with Express Scripts (ESRX-Q) take the wind out of their sails? Not interested in this primarily because of Wal-Mart (WMT-N), which uses its pharmacy counter to sell the rest of the store. Very difficult for chains to compete.

BUY

They fill about 1 in 5 US prescription drugs. Making big moves in their online presence in prescription fulfillment. Can benefit from the move to generics in the US.

TOP PICK

US pharmacy retailer. Recently beat the analysts’ estimates. Stock went down because of their relationship with Express Scripts (ESRX-Q), which represents about 8% of Walgreen’s sales. Feels this will be resolved by year-end and revenues will be up again.

COMMENT

Difficult chart to read because it has had a big increase. Recently had a bit of a decline but is starting to recover a bit. Could consider for a conservative portfolio with a target of about $49.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick May 27/10. Up 33.44%.)

TOP PICK

Benefiting from a two year period when they transitioned from a higher growth to a lower growth that focuses on excellence. They are just starting increased earnings.

DON'T BUY

Which is better, Shoppers (SC-T) or Walgreen (WAG-N)? Movement and some of the fundamentals of the 2 stocks are very similar. Both yielding about 2.4% and are trading at 14X PE multiples. Shoppers long-term earnings growth is expected to be 4% while Walgreen's is 14%. Consumers staple is not his favourite area.

TOP PICK

Largest drugstore chain in the US. About 2/3rds of their business comes from the pharmacy end. Aging population involves more prescriptions. Healthcare reform potentially introduces another 30 million customers. There is a move away from prescription drugs to generics, which have higher margins. Trades at about 11X 2011 earnings.

Showing 196 to 210 of 261 entries

Most Recent Experts

Jim Cramer - Mad Money

CNBC

Kim Bolton

Black Swan Dexteritas

The Panic-Proof Portfolio (Stockchase Research)

Stockchase Premium

Barry Schwartz

Baskin Wealth Management

Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA

ETF Capital Management Inc.

Stockchase, in its reporting on what has been discussed by individuals on business television programs (in particular Business News Network), neither recommends nor promotes any investment strategies.

We paraphrase the experts by hand, we watch the shows and write down what we understood from the experts’ comments. We are human and can make mistakes, help us fix any errors. If you see something that you know is not right or if there is a problem with the site, feel free to email us at : [email protected].

Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA)