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Walgreens Beats Q1 Estimates Amid Strategic Shift and Ongoing Challenges

byLuca Blaumann
January 13, 2025
in Discount Stores, Distributor, Large-Cap, Retail
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Revenue growth and cost-cutting measures drive optimism as the company navigates its transformation

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) exceeded Wall Street expectations for its first-quarter fiscal 2025 earnings, reporting adjusted earnings per share of $0.51, beating consensus estimates of $0.38. Revenue reached $39.5 billion, a 7% increase compared to the prior quarter, surpassing the Bloomberg consensus of $37.3 billion.

Despite the stronger-than-expected results, Walgreens faces significant challenges, including weaker-than-anticipated sales of vaccines and over-the-counter flu medications due to a milder respiratory virus season. Nevertheless, the company’s stock jumped 27% on Friday, closing at $11.70 per share, buoyed by progress in separating its VillageMD healthcare services business.

VillageMD and Strategic Transformation
VillageMD, a segment that has weighed heavily on Walgreens’ financials, showed some improvement, reducing its operating loss to $325 million from $436 million in the prior quarter. CEO Tim Wentworth, who took the helm in late 2023, continues to evaluate the future of Summit Health and CityMD urgent care centers, part of the VillageMD acquisition in 2021.

The company’s broader transformation includes a shift toward pharmacy-led retail, enhanced by initiatives like digital prescription waiting lists. This innovation aims to streamline customer experience while encouraging in-store shopping. “It’s about meeting customers’ needs where they are,” Wentworth said, highlighting new product groupings focused on categories such as women’s health.

Cost-Cutting Measures and Operational Focus
Walgreens is progressing with its plan to close 450 underperforming stores, having shuttered 67 as of Q1. The closures align with the company’s strategy to streamline operations amid mounting retail pressures, including a shift toward online shopping.

Going Private?
Reports of a potential buyout by Sycamore Partners remain unconfirmed, and analysts avoided addressing the topic during the earnings call. Wentworth emphasized the company’s commitment to its turnaround plan, stating that the process requires “urgency, discipline, and focus.”

Looking Ahead
Walgreens’ Q1 performance reflects progress in its transformation strategy, but challenges persist, particularly in balancing its healthcare ambitions with retail pharmacy operations. The coming quarters will reveal whether initiatives like the VillageMD spin-off and store optimization can sustain growth and improve profitability.

For now, the company remains committed to its vision of a pharmacy-led retail model, even as speculation about a potential privatization adds another layer of complexity to its future.

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