Hi guys, I am looking for a high dividend payer for my portfolio that pays out monthly, preferably with a stable price and not a sinking ship like $WBA (+0.88%) do you have some ideas 💡 for me?
The dividend should be at least 8%. Lg
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WALGREENS $WBA (+0.88%) IN TALKS TO GO PRIVATE WITH SYCAMORE PARTNERS – WSJ
Walgreens $WBA is reportedly in advanced talks to sell itself to private equity firm Sycamore Partners in a deal that could close early next year.
Once valued at over $100B in 2015, Walgreens now has a market cap of just $7.5B after pressures on its pharmacy and retail businesses sent shares down ~70% YTD.
Sycamore, known for retail investments, may sell parts of Walgreens or bring in partners post-acquisition. This follows Walgreens' struggles with thin pharmacy margins, retail competition, and the fallout from its 2015 Boots acquisition.
The deal would mark a major shakeup for the 120-year-old company with 12,000+ stores across the U.S., Latin America, and Europe.
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$WBA (+0.88%) | Walgreens Boots Alliance Q4'24 Earnings Highlights:
🔹 Adj EPS: $0.39 (Est. $0.36) 🟢; DOWN 41% YoY
🔹 Revenue: $37.55B (Est. $35.75B) 🟢; UP 6% YoY
🔹 Targeting ~1,200 Store Closures Over Next 3 Years
FY'25 Guidance:
🔹 Adjusted EPS: $1.40 - $1.80 (Est. $1.73)😕
🔹 Fiscal 2025 Revenue: $147B - $151B (Est. $146.9B) 🟢
🔹 Adjusted Operating Income: $1.6B - $2.0B
Q4 Segment Performance:
U.S. Retail Pharmacy:
🔸 Sales: $29.47B (Est. $27.48B) 🟢; UP 6.5% YoY
🔸 Comparable Pharmacy Sales: UP 11.7%
🔸 Comparable Retail Sales: DOWN 1.7%
🔸 Adjusted Operating Income: $220M; DOWN 60.4% YoY
International:
🔸 Sales: $5.97B (Est. $5.84B) 🟢; UP 3.2% YoY
🔸 Boots UK Comparable Pharmacy Sales: UP 10%
🔸 Boots UK Comparable Retail Sales: UP 6.2%
🔸 Adjusted Operating Income: $231M; DOWN 10.9% YoY
U.S. Healthcare:
🔸 Sales: $2.11B (Est. $2.15B) 🔴; UP 7.1% YoY
🔸 Adjusted Operating Income: $17M (improved from a loss of $83M YoY)
🔸 Adj EBITDA: $65M (improved by $94M YoY)
Strategic Actions:
🔸 Store Closures: Announced a footprint optimization program targeting approximately 1,200 store closures over the next three years, including about 500 closures in fiscal 2025. The closures are expected to be immediately accretive to adjusted EPS and free cash flow.
Other Q4 Metrics:
🔹 Adj Operating Income: $424M; DOWN 38% YoY
🔹 Adj Gross Margin: 16.9% (Est. 17.6%); DOWN from 18.6% YoY
Operational Highlights:
🔸 Cost Savings: Exceeded fiscal 2024 targets for $1B in cost savings, $600M reduction in capital expenditures, and $500M in working capital initiatives.
🔸 Free Cash Flow: $1.1B in Q4; increased by $537M YoY.
🔸 Net Debt Reduction: Fiscal 2024 net debt reduced by $1.9B; lease obligations reduced by $1.2B.
🔸 U.S. Healthcare Segment: Adjusted EBITDA improved to $65M, driven by cost discipline at VillageMD and growth from Shields.
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US election campaign - major figures from the business world support Kamala Harris
In a letter to presidential candidate Kamala Harris, 88 personalities with immense experience in the management of billion-dollar companies have announced their support for her candidacy.
The reasons given are:
- Harris past performance as Vice President (strong record of promoting investment and global competitiveness of U.S. businesses)
- Harris' choice is the best way to support the continued strength, security and reliability of U.S. democracy and economy
- Harris would advance fair and predictable policies that support the rule of law, stability and a sound business environment
Among the endorsers are:
- A. Mulally (ex. CEO Ford $F (+0.74%) )
- V. Prabhu (ex. CFO & Vice-Chair of Visa $V (-0.14%) )
- I. Nooyi (ex. Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo $PEP (+0.05%) )
- J. Sinegal (Co-Founder & ex. CEO of Costco $COST (-1.09%) )
- C. Gifford (ex. Chairman of Bank of America $BAC (+1.1%) )
- K. Chenault (ex. Chairman & CEO of American Express $AXP (+0.33%) )
- B. Heyman (ex. Managing Director for "Private Wealth" at Goldman Sachs $GS (+1.09%) )
- T. James (CEO & Executive Vice Chairman of Blackstone $BX (+1.05%) )
- D. Schulman (ex. President & CEO of PayPal $PYPL (-0.38%) )
- R. Brewer (ex. CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance $WBA (+0.88%) , ex. COO of Starbucks $SBUX (-1.55%) )
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/06/harris-endorsed-trump-murdoch-yelp-snap-ripple.html
www.cnbc.comEighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box
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Nasdaq has announced that Super Micro
$SMCI on Monday, July 22, before the market opens Walgreens $WBA (+0.88%) in the NASDAQ 100 before the market opens.
5Mon·
Walgreens ($WBA (+0.88%)) has announced that it plans to sell a significant portion of its approximately 8,600 stores stores.
The company is reviewing around 25 % of its unprofitable locations and could close a "significant portion" of them in the next few years - The Wall Street Journal.
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From a shareholder perspective, I think that's positive. Close unprofitable businesses and concentrate more on those that generate sales.
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Another exaggerated sell-off?
$WBA (+0.88%) falls after the company adjusts its earnings forecast again📉📉📉
In my opinion completely panicked sell-off -19% ,let's see if it goes even lower later....
What do you think?
Do you have $WBA (+0.88%) in your portfolio?
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18 CommentsWhen I take a quick look at the chart and the fundamental basis, I get dizzy.
Div. return was probably the only reason to buy here;)
Or what reason to buy can you see here?
I don't know the company in detail
Div. return was probably the only reason to buy here;)
Or what reason to buy can you see here?
I don't know the company in detail
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What the week brings:
Monday:
- Speech by Mary C. DalyPresident of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Tuesday:
- S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (April)
- Consumer Confidence (June)
- Speeches by Michelle Bowman and Lisa D. CookGovernors of the Federal Reserve
- Quarterly reports from FedEx Corp ($FDX) (-8.08%)
Carnival Corp ($CCL (+6.05%))
Wednesday:
- New home sales (May)
- Nvidia ($NVDA) (+2.01%) Annual general meeting
- Quarterly reports from Micron Technology ($MU (+2.58%)), Paychex, Inc. ($PAYX (+0.65%) ), General Mills, Inc. ($GIS), Jefferies Financial Group ($JEF (+0.66%) ), Levi Strauss & Co. ($LEVI (+2.58%) )
Thursday:
- Initial claims for unemployment benefits (week ending June 22)
- Preliminary foreign trade in goods (May)
- Preliminary wholesale inventories (May)
- Provisional retail stocks (May)
- Pending home sales (May)
- Durable Goods Orders (May)
- Salesforce Annual General Meeting $crm
- Quarterly reports from Nike, Inc. ($NKE (-6.85%) ), Walgreens Boots Alliance ($WBA (+0.88%)), McCormick & Company ($MKC (-0.13%) )
Friday:
- Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index (May)
- Consumer Sentiment (June)
- Chicago Business Barometer (June)
- Speech by Tom BarkinPresident of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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In the picture: The main library of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), which has the largest campus in Europe in terms of space.
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