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WALGREEN C(NYSE:WAG)
Walgreen Co. is a national retail pharmacy chain and considered the leader in innovative drugstore retailing. Walgreens pioneered many store features that are becoming standards in the industry. Among those concepts are: Computerized pharmacies, Point-of-sale scanning, Freestanding stores with drive-thru pharmacies, and Intercom Plus, Walgreens advanced new pharmacy computer and workflow system. Intercom Plus allows pharmacists to spend more time counseling patients by assigning administrative tasks to pharmacy technicians
# Employees: 238000
Address: 200 Wilmot Road,Deerfield,IL,USA
Phone: 847-914-2500
Fax: 847-914-2804
Website: www.walgreens.com
Email: investor.relations@walgreens.com
Sector: Retail/Wholesale
Industry: RETAIL-DRUG STR
Executive Officers
Alan G. Mcnally (Chmn.; C.E.O.)
Wade D. Miquelon (Sr. V.P.; C.F.O.)
Mia M. Scholz (V.P.; Contro.)
William C. Foote (Dir.)
James J. Howard (Dir.,)
Dividend
Ex-Dividend Date: 11/12/2009
Annual Dividend: $0.55
Current Dividend Yield: $1.41
Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.14
Indicated Dividend: $0.27
Earnings
Last Earnings Date: 8/31/2009
Next Earnings Date(Expected): 12/21/2009
Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.48
Mean EPS (Year): $2.34
Mean Estimate(Long Term): $14.43
P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 16.680
Number of Estimates: 22
Shares Performance
Period WAG Compare to S&P
YTD 57.97 % 30.74 %
4 Weeks -0.20 % -1.28 %
12 Weeks 15.71 % 9.09 %
Shares Information
Analyst Coverage: Y
Avg Volume: 8058997
Shares Outstanding: 988M
Market Cap: $38.53B
52 Week High: $40.37
52 Week Low: $21.50
P/E Ratio: 19.200
PEG Ratio: 1.160
Split: On 2/16/1999 WAG split by factor of 2.000
Earnings Performance
EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -16.98 %
EPS Growth in Last Year: -2.22 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -3.13 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 7.58 %
Financials
Qtr Book Value: $2.69
Cash Flow/Share: $12.97
Change in Payout Ratio: 0.090
Price/Sales: 0.610
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