| W8A Stock | | | EUR 8.63 0.03 0.35% |
Chairman
Mr. Stefano Pessina serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Pessina has served as our Executive Vice Chairman since January 2015 and as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2015, having served as our Acting Chief Executive Officer from January 2015 to July 2015. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Alliance Boots from July 2007 to December 2014. Prior to that, he served as Executive Deputy Chairman of Alliance Boots. Prior to the merger of Alliance UniChem and Boots Group, he was the Executive Deputy Chairman of Alliance UniChem, previously having served as its Chief Executive Officer for three years through December 2004. He was appointed to the board of directors of Alliance UniChem in 1997 when UniChem merged with Alliance Sant, the FrancoItalian pharmaceutical wholesale group he established in Italy in 1977. Mr. Pessina served on the board of directors of Galenica AG, a publiclytraded Swiss healthcare group, from 2000 to 2017. He serves on the board of directors of a number of privatelyheld companies, including Sprint Acquisitions Holdings Limited . since 2015.
| Age | 82 |
| Tenure | 9 years |
| Phone | 847 315 3700 |
| Web | https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com |
Walgreens Boots Management Efficiency
The company has return on total asset
(ROA) of
0.0136 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0136 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on equity
(ROE) of
(0.113) %, meaning that it generated substantial loss on money invested by shareholders. Walgreens Boots' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Walgreens Boots manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Walgreens Boots Alliance has accumulated 10.62
B in total debt with debt to equity ratio
(D/E) of 71.0, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. Walgreens Boots Alliance has a current ratio of 0.74, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Walgreens Boots until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Walgreens Boots' shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Walgreens Boots Alliance sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Walgreens to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Walgreens Boots' use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois. WALGREENS BOOTS operates under Pharmaceutical Retailers classification in Germany and is traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It employs 244000 people. Walgreens Boots Alliance (W8A) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 325,000 people.
Management Performance
Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the Walgreens Boots' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Walgreens Boots inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Walgreens. The board's role is to monitor Walgreens Boots' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Walgreens Boots' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Walgreens Boots' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Holly May, Ex Officer | |
| Gerald Gradwell, IR Contact Officer | |
| Rosalind Brewer, CEO Director | |
| Hsiao Wang, VP Officer | |
| Danielle Gray, Ex Officer | |
| Ornella Barra, Chief International | |
| Mia Scholz, Sr Operations | |
| James Kehoe, Global CFO, Executive Vice President - Global | |
| Aaron Radelet, Global VP | |
| Stefano Pessina, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO | |
Walgreens Stock Performance Indicators
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