Is Walgreens Boots Alliance still making money from Drugstores?
In comparison, Mr. Market paid $141.56 for Walmart (WMT) on the same day. Thus, Mr. Market thinks Walgreen’s 9,021 US drugstores offer less value than Walmart’s supercenters.
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In comparison, Mr. Market paid $141.56 for Walmart (WMT) on the same day. Thus, Mr. Market thinks Walgreen’s 9,021 US drugstores offer less value than Walmart’s supercenters.
Read MorePessina could be interested an LBO because he thinks Mr. Market undervalues Walgreens stock. The company’s share price is low. Traders paid $62.25 for Walgreens (NASDQ: WBA) shares on November 11, 2019.
Read MoreHowever, Walgreens is making less from money from its drugstores. For example, Walgreens reported an operating income of $1.218 billon 31 May 2019, down from $1.518 million three months earlier.
Read MoreThe Market Underprices Walgreens
Read MoreA Kroger/Walgreen hybrid is an obvious use of the capabilities provided by Ocado. A robotic fulfillment center could obviously support both Kroger supermarkets and Walgreen drugstores.
Moreover, a Walgreen drugstore is a logical addition to the 2,782 supermarkets Kroger operates. In addition, Kroger food brands like Simple Truth will be a logical addition to Walgreens inventory.
Importantly, Kroger operates 37 food manufacturing facilities across the United States. Therefore, Kroger offers Walgreens a source of low-priced food products to counter Amazon’s discounting.
Equally important is Kroger’s ability to provide hot takeout meals, meal kits, deli foods, and hot entrees to Walgreen. Markedly, Kroger has a good relationship with the delivery specialist Instacart.
Additionally, an obvious use for Instacart is delivery of Walgreens prescriptions. America’s growing legion of senior citizens will be obvious customers for prescription delivery.
It is not supposed to be this way at Walgreens because gross profit, revenues, and operating income are growing at the company.
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Read MoreWalgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) appears to be the latest retailer to experience the “Amazon Effect.” The drugstore giant just reported its second straight quarter of declining revenues.
Read MoreRite Aid reported revenues of $32.64 billion in August 2016 that fell slightly to $32.57 billion in November 2016, Ycharts data indicated. During the same period in 2015, Rite Aid’s revenues grew by $1.46 billion; rising from $27.85 billion in August 2015 to $29.31 billion in November 2015.
Read MoreNaturally investors will wonder if anybody could compete with Amazon. Interestingly enough there is one potential threat to Amazon – the combination of Walmart and Jet.com.
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