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Walgreens

Walgreens primarily operates in the food & drug sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global food & drug retailers gained around 32 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 27 percent higher and over the past year minus 32 percent.

The American company didn't pay out any dividends (in the past 5 years). Over the past 5 years the company raised it's dividends each year. Based on the raising dividend payments Walgreens can be seen as a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Healthy financed: not so much debt Walgreens

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of around 3,51 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 3,03 billion dollars. This equals around 86,12 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2016 the American company was traded with a price/earnings-ratio of around 6. So investors paid 6 times the company's 2015's EPS. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the American company had around 29,47 million stocks listed on the exchanges.

All Walgreens's annual reports can be found here. More information about Walgreens can be found it's website. .