by Mike Duff | Aug 29, 2025 | Retail Articles
Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), executed in partnership with WBA executive chairman Stefano Pessina and his family, who have reinvested 100% of their interests in WBA. Pessina is a major WBA shareholder. With the...
by Mike Duff | Jun 26, 2025 | Retail Articles
As it prepares to go private, Walgreens Boots Alliance beat third-quarter analyst estimates although retail comparable sales slipped 2.4%. Company loss was $175 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, versus net earnings of $344 million, or 40 cents per diluted share,...
by Mike Duff | Mar 28, 2024 | Retail Articles
Walgreens Boots Alliance beat second-quarter Wall Street sales and earnings despite a decline in retail comps. Company net loss was $5.91 billion, or $6.85 per diluted share, versus net earnings of $703 million, or 81 cents per diluted share, in the year-earlier...
by Mike Duff | Jan 4, 2024 | Retail Articles
With last year’s opioid settlement behind it, Walgreens Boots Alliance posted first-quarter results exceeding Wall Street estimates despite an adjusted earnings decline and negative comps in the retail operation. Company net loss was $67 million, or eight cents...
by Mike Duff | Oct 12, 2023 | Retail Articles
A day after announcing health services industry veteran Tim Wentworth would be its new CEO, Walgreens Boots alliance released fourth-quarter financial results that fell short on a Wall Street estimate for earnings but exceeded on revenue. For the fourth quarter,...