Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

DB:W8A Stock Report

Market Cap: €7.9b

Walgreens Boots Alliance Valuation

Is W8A undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of W8A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: W8A (€9) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€16.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: W8A is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for W8A?

Key metric: As W8A is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for W8A. This is calculated by dividing W8A's market cap by their current revenue.
What is W8A's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.05x
SalesUS$147.66b
Market CapUS$8.07b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does W8A's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for W8A vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.8x
RDC Redcare Pharmacy
1.2x15.9%€2.7b
HFG HelloFresh
0.3x3.0%€2.0b
B4B Metro
0.05x2.7%€1.5b
241 Alibaba Health Information Technology
1.7x9.9%HK$51.8b
W8A Walgreens Boots Alliance
0.05x1.5%€8.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: W8A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (0.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does W8A's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.4x4.4%
W8A Walgreens Boots Alliance
 0.05x1.5%US$8.07b
W8A 0.1xIndustry Avg. 0.4xNo. of Companies13PS00.40.81.21.62+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.4x13.2%
W8A Walgreens Boots Alliance
 0.05x105.1%US$8.07b
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: W8A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (0.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is W8A's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

W8A PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.05x
Fair PS Ratio0.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: W8A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst W8A forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€9.00
€9.86
+9.5%
32.0%€19.03€6.66n/a14
Dec ’25€8.63
€10.27
+19.0%
30.8%€18.90€6.62n/a15
Nov ’25€8.71
€10.05
+15.4%
30.6%€18.54€6.49n/a16
Oct ’25€7.85
€11.06
+41.0%
36.8%€20.78€6.32n/a16
Sep ’25€8.35
€11.87
+42.2%
35.7%€20.77€6.32n/a16
Aug ’25€10.80
€12.57
+16.4%
35.3%€21.22€6.46n/a16
Jul ’25€10.96
€14.57
+32.9%
32.1%€21.73€8.38n/a16
Jun ’25€14.22
€20.82
+46.4%
24.7%€32.26€11.98n/a16
May ’25€16.67
€21.60
+29.5%
21.3%€32.72€14.96n/a17
Apr ’25€20.20
€22.86
+13.2%
19.2%€34.29€17.61n/a17
Mar ’25€19.85
€23.47
+18.3%
17.0%€34.10€18.43n/a17
Feb ’25€21.36
€23.92
+12.0%
16.0%€33.96€19.28n/a16
Jan ’25€24.15
€24.19
+0.2%
16.5%€33.60€18.16€9.2114
Dec ’24€18.62
€24.81
+33.2%
16.2%€34.00€18.38€8.6313
Nov ’24€19.57
€25.68
+31.2%
14.4%€34.70€20.63€8.7113
Oct ’24€21.13
€29.21
+38.2%
16.7%€38.82€20.83€7.8513
Sep ’24€21.90
€29.98
+36.9%
14.2%€37.90€24.03€8.3514
Aug ’24€26.88
€29.93
+11.4%
13.1%€37.19€24.49€10.8014
Jul ’24€25.96
€31.16
+20.0%
12.6%€37.57€25.66€10.9615
Jun ’24€28.43
€37.85
+33.1%
13.4%€49.93€29.59€14.2214
May ’24€31.87
€37.34
+17.2%
12.6%€49.01€31.76€16.6714
Apr ’24€31.81
€38.35
+20.6%
12.6%€49.82€32.29€20.2014
Mar ’24€33.02
€39.61
+20.0%
12.2%€50.93€33.96€19.8514
Feb ’24€33.37
€38.51
+15.4%
12.5%€49.78€33.19€21.3613
Jan ’24€35.02
€40.12
+14.6%
13.2%€51.48€34.32€24.1513

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 03:21
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. is covered by 48 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Samuel HudsonAtlantic Equities LLP
Eric ColdwellBaird