Walgreen Company (WAG): Today's Featured Services Laggard
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) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 2.0%. By the end of trading, Walgreen Company fell $1.57 (-3.2%) to $47.25 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,395,095 shares of Walgreen Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5,558,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $47.25-$48.58 after having opened the day at $48.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48.82. Other companies within the Services sector that declined today were:
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), down 12.1%,
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), down 11.5%,
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), down 11.1% and
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), down 9.1%.
Walgreen Co., together with its subsidiaries, operates a network of drugstores in the United States. It provides consumer goods and services, pharmacy, and health and wellness services through drugstores, as well as through mail, and by telephone and online. Walgreen Company has a market cap of $46.1 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 31.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Walgreen Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Walgreen Company
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Walgreen Company Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 11.5%,
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), up 10.7%,
Daegis
(
DAEG
), up 9.7% and
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), up 8.8%.
- Use our services section to find sector-relevant news.
- Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the services sector could consider
iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the services sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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