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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy, and retail leader serving millions of customers and patients. Valued at $10.50 billion by market cap, the company serves customers in approximately 12,500 locations across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. It has a presence in eight countries through its consumer brands: Walgreens, Boots, Duane Reade, the No7 Beauty Company, and Benavides in Mexico. The retail pharmacy major is expected to announce its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings for 2024 on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect WBA to report a profit of $0.36 per share on a diluted basis, down 46.3% from $0.67 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat the consensus estimates in two of the last four quarters while missing on two other occasions.