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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, operates as a healthcare, pharmacy, and retail company. Valued at $10.1 billion by market cap, the company offers a wide variety of prescription and non-prescription drugs, as well as primary and acute care, wellness, pharmacy, and disease management services, and health and fitness.
Shares of this retail pharmacy giant have underperformed the broader market over the past year. WBA has declined 4.4% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 17%. However, in 2025, WBA stock is up 24.7%, surpassing the SPX’s 8.2% rise on a YTD basis.