Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) stock hits $8.96: Is it a good time to buy or wait for a dip?

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA] stock is trading at $8.96, down -1.10%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WBA shares have gain 4.67% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.14%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [NASDAQ: WBA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 26, 2024, when Leerink Partners initiated its Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $23. Previously, HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to Reduce on February 20, 2024. On January 03, 2024, Barclays initiated with a Underweight rating and assigned a price target of $21 on the stock. HSBC Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $27 on December 22, 2023. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $30 on October 23, 2023. Morgan Stanley reiterated a Underweight rating for this stock on July 03, 2023, and downed its price target to $27. In a note dated June 28, 2023, Deutsche Bank downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $46 to $34.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [WBA] stock has fluctuated between $8.22 and $27.05 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27 within the next 12 months. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [NASDAQ: WBA] shares were valued at $8.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 201.34% based on the average WBA price forecast.

Analyzing the WBA fundamentals

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc [NASDAQ:WBA] reported sales of 145.53B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.64%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.07, Equity is -0.31 and Total Capital is -0.23. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.83.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 8.84 points at the first support level, and at 8.71 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 9.19, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 9.41.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.65. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.31, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.05, the price to book ratio is 0.57.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 10% Owner, that happened on Sep 11 ’24 when 11.62 million shares were sold. 10% Owner, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. completed a deal on Aug 01 ’24 to sell 4.44 million shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdi bought 3.4 million shares on Aug 01 ’24.

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