As of today (2022-08-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Walgreens Boots Alliance is 4.57%.
Good Sign:
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
WBA'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4 Med: 2.34 Max: 5.41
Current: 4.57
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Walgreens Boots Alliance was 5.41%. The lowest was 1.40%. And the median was 2.34%.
WBA's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 86.25% of 240
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.99
vs WBA: 4.57
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in May. 2022 was 1.45.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Walgreens Boots Alliance was 9.20. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.42.
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in May. 2022 was $0.48.
During the past 12 months, Walgreens Boots Alliance's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Walgreens Boots Alliance was 26.00% per year. The lowest was 3.80% per year. And the median was 13.25% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Annual Data
Trend
Aug12
Aug13
Aug14
Aug15
Aug16
Aug17
Aug18
Aug19
Aug20
Aug21
Dividend Yield %
1.87
2.39
3.47
4.84
3.70
Walgreens Boots Alliance Quarterly Data
Aug17
Nov17
Feb18
May18
Aug18
Nov18
Feb19
May19
Aug19
Nov19
Feb20
May20
Aug20
Nov20
Feb21
May21
Aug21
Nov21
Feb22
May22
Dividend Yield %
3.55
3.70
4.22
4.12
4.36
Competitive Comparison
For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.478
2022-05-19
2022-05-20
2022-06-10
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.478
2022-02-17
2022-02-18
2022-03-11
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.478
2021-11-12
2021-11-15
2021-12-10
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.478
2021-08-19
2021-08-20
2021-09-10
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.912
/
41.9275
=
4.56 %
Current Share Price is $41.9275.
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.912.
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.912
/
41.9275
=
4.56 %
Current Share Price is $41.9275.
Walgreens Boots Alliance's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.478 * 4 = $1.912.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Dividend Yield % Related Terms
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Walgreens Boots Alliance is a leading retail pharmacy chain, with over 13,000 stores in 50 states and 9 countries. Walgreens' core strategy involves brick-and-mortar retail pharmacy locations in high-traffic areas, with nearly 80% of the U.S. population living within 5 miles of a store. Currently, the company has a leading market share of the domestic prescription drug market at about 20%. In 2021, the company sold off a majority of its Alliance Healthcare wholesale business to AmerisourceBergen for $6.5 billion, doubling down on its core pharmacy efforts and ventures in strategic growth areas in primary care (VillageMD) and digital offerings. The company also has equity stakes in AmerisourceBergen (29%) and Sinopharm Holding Guoda Drugstores (40%).
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