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Gab Pie	top drug store	Love	November 17, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	In his Sept. 29 <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10604833/1/cramers-stop-trading-polo-ralph-lauren.html" target="_blank">"Stop Trading!" segment,</a> Cramer said Walgreen and <B>CVS</B> (CVS) were flu-shot plays. According to Cramer, customer traffic doubled with flu-shot recipients, who are prone to impulse purchases.	Love	November 03, 2009
barrons3	This is not the case of a supermarket where Wal-Mart can offer amazingly low prices (I was there this weekend, and the dry food prices are out-of-control cheap), nor is it like the $4 drug prices that take away from Walgreen (WAG) and CVS (CVS).	Love	October 29, 2009
jbartko0219	good company	Love	October 02, 2009
RhinoStocks	With earnings scheduled for Tuesday, Walgreens get the chance to prove that its performance matches the other retail pharmacy plays this year.	Love	September 28, 2009
James L. Whitaker	dividends	Hate	September 04, 2009
charlied	no growth	Hate	August 31, 2009
High Dividends	raised its dividend by 22.2% to 13.75 cents/share, and has increased its quarterly dividends for 34 consecutive years.	Love	July 18, 2009
High Dividends	a 22.2% quarterly dividend increase from 11.25 cents to 13.75 cents, payable on September 12, 2009, to shareholders on record as of August 21, 2009.	Love	July 11, 2009
barrons3	Last week was not entirely cheerless. Walgreen (WAG), the largest U.S. drugstore chain by revenue, boosted its quarterly common payout 22.2%, to 13.75 cents a share from 11.25 cents, for a 1.91% yield. The enhancement will put $99.2 million more in investors' pockets. Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen, which was founded in 1901, has paid dividends since 1933, and now has sweetened them for 34 years in a row. Disbursements have risen by an average compound annual rate of more than 21% over the last five years. CEO Gregory D. Wasson said the dividend boost "reiterates our confidence in our key growth strategies and our ability to generate strong free cash flow." He also said Walgreen is "well-positioned to emerge from the current recession even stronger than we entered it." The Big Board-listed stock trades around 29, and has a 52-week range of 37.85 to 21.28.	Love	July 11, 2009
barrons3	Market Perform - Price 29.72 on June 23 by Barrington Research Walgreen remains engaged in a significant restructuring initiative designed to put the company back on a double-digit long-term EPS growth track beginning with fiscal 2011. The company is accelerating some elements of its plan, leading to a greater negative impact on earnings in the short term. The company reported Q309 earnings that were below expectations and below the prior year, as higher expenses related to restructuring activities and lower gross margins more than offset an 8% revenue increase. Earnings of 53 cents per share (including 6 cents in restructuring costs, off-set by 6 cents in restructuring benefits) declined 8.8%, from 58 cents a year ago -- [and the recent earnings missed] our estimate of 58 cents and the Street's 56 cents. Third-quarter revenue of $16.2 billion, up 8% from last year, was in line with our estimate. Same-store sales improved to 2.8%, from 1.3% in the second quarter, driven by pharmacy [growth of] 3.8% and front-end [growth of] 0.8%. Total prescriptions filled grew 8.3%, reflecting market-share gains... versus an industry-wide growth rate of 2.6%. Market cap: $29.4 billion.	Love	June 27, 2009
supratrade	The drug store owner is slated to release their fiscal 3rd quarter earnings on Monday. Analysts consensus is for 0.56 cents bolstered by cost cutting efforts.	Love	June 22, 2009
wonderkid	company cutting 1 billion over next two years in cost	Love	May 19, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"Why the heck aren't we down gigantically? Why aren't we looking ad major dislocations for retail and restaurants in anticipation that people won't go out because of the flu? Why, instead, are the "good" flu stocks like Walgreen (WAG) and CVS (CVS) reacting positively while the obvious sell candidates aren't going down?" <a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=10dfddfd-5af2-49b2-8167-9bf9010bbc12" target="_blank">"Bad News Can't Keep This Market Down," 4-28-09</a>	Love	April 29, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	Brian Gilmartin: "We sold the majority of our Walgreen(WAG Quote) today after a nice six- to eight-week run off the low $20s. Walgreen will report April '09 sales next week and the stock is struggling here around its 200-day moving average and the downward sloping trend line off the October '07 high." <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10492439/1/top-takes-from-realmoney.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>	Love	April 27, 2009
barrons3	The drugstore chain was among the most active names on the NYSE Monday.	Love	March 25, 2009
david deal	healthcare,stability	Love	February 24, 2009
scottsrx	i'm heavily invested	Love	January 21, 2009
barrons3	The most salient issue today is the debate between Doug and Justin over CVS (CVS) and the pharmacy benefit managers, with Doug saying that CVS is losing share to MedcoHealth (MHS). I think CVS really stumbled when it bought Caremark, just when it had a chance to bury both Walgreen (WAG) and Rite Aid (RAD). I think that MedcoHealth is taking share, but I worry about major contracts coming up in several years that could wreck margins for all players.	Love	January 15, 2009
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "No! That whole drug store business has gone to heck. I want you to sell, sell, sell."	Love	January 12, 2009
Nismonv	long-term growth. picks the best locations possible on corners. great management.	Love	December 31, 2008
barrons3	The second-largest US drugstore company was among the most active names on the NYSE Monday.	Love	December 24, 2008
Phil Messineo	Great strategic growth plan and winning management. Leader in drugstore category. Paying dividends since 1933.	Love	November 04, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "This one has been killed by their bid for Long's Drugstores. I think it's a buy down here, but no one else seems to think so."	Love	October 23, 2008
stockerblog	PE 12, a PEG of 0.84, and it pays a yield of 1.7%.	Love	October 13, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "Don't give up on Walgreen. I own this one for my trust. I think we should buy some more. "	Love	September 19, 2008
barrons2	Her main U.S. consumer holdings, McDonald's (MCD) and Walgreen (WAG), tend to do well when disposable incomes are under pressure; McDonald's, she notes, has the added benefit of a strong overseas presence.	Love	September 13, 2008
barrons2	In the end, Cramer said Walgreen comes out on top 7-5 on his scorecard. He said this is not a market that values complexity or poor execution and CVS unfortunately has both.	Love	August 28, 2008
adcol1	Good growth potential that should outperform their rivals.	Love	August 15, 2008
Beachbumz	Speculation	Love	August 15, 2008