Justin Sullivan Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA) has just perhaps committed the cardinal sin that dividend investors may never forgive. Especially, as the company was so close to achieving a legendary milestone. The struggling drug retail giant has just announced a nearly 50% haircut to its dividend as Seeking Alpha has covered here. Although I don't own a position in this stock, it hurts to see a dividend cut anytime, especially from a company that had a dividend growth streak of 47 years ah ...

Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA) is one of the top-trending tickers on websites and social media today after the company announced that it would cut its dividend nearly in half. The firm also released better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter. However, WBA stock still fell by about 5% in early trading this morning. Walgreens’ Dividend Cut and Its Implications for Investors WBA slashed “its quarterly dividend by 48%, to 25 cents a share from 48 cents a share.” The move will reduce the stock’s dividend ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday reported better-than-expected quarterly profit, as cost-cut measures and higher drug prices boosted its pharmacy operations, and the company nearly halved its dividend to accelerate its savings measures. Shares of the Deerfield, Illinois-based company rose more than 3% as the U.S. pharmacy giant cut dividend payments by 48% to 25 cents per share.The stock lost about 30% in 2023. Fierce competition from rivals, sharply lower sales from COVID-19 vaccines and testing, and d ...

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Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, -4.05% rallied 3.1% in premarket trading Thursday, after the drugstore chain and healthcare services company beat fiscal first-quarter earnings expectations, but said it was nearly halving its dividend to bolster its cash position. Net losses for the quarter to Nov. 30 narrowed to $67 million, or 8 cents a share, from $3.72 billion, or $4.31 a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share fell to 66 cents from $1.16, bu ...

A man walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City.Walgreens reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped expectations on Thursday, but cut its quarterly dividend nearly in half. The retail pharmacy giant slashed its dividend to 25 cents per share from 48 cents per share to "strengthen [its] long-term balance sheet and cash position," CEO Tim Wentworth, who officially took the helm during the quarter, said in a statement. Walgreens' dividend yield is now 3.9% ...

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The first big earnings report of the year is coming up on Thursday, Jan. 4, with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) scheduled to announce its latest quarterly report before the open. The drugstore is expected to post profits of 63 cents per share, which is lower than the $1.16 announced for the same quarter last year. On the charts, WBA just ran up to long-term pressure at its 200-day moving average, which kept a cap on the stock's December 30.9% rally from its Nov. 30 record lows at $19.68. Despite ...