Walgreens Up Nearly 5% After 3Q Earnings Report -- Data Talk

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) is currently at $54.95, up $2.57 or 4.91%

-- Would be highest close since April 17, 2019, when it closed at $55.14

-- On pace for largest percent increase since June 20, 2018, when it rose 5.25%

-- Earlier Thursday, Walgreens reported that third-quarter sales rose 0.7% to $34.6 billion, primarily due to growth in its U.S. retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical wholesale divisions. U.S. retail pharmacy sales rose 2.3% to $26.5 billion, reflecting higher brand inflation and prescription volume

-- The company maintained its fiscal 2019 expectations of adjusted earnings per share at constant currency rates to be roughly flat

-- Currently up two of the past three days

-- Up 11.37% month-to-date

-- Down 19.58% year-to-date

-- Down 7.96% from 52 weeks ago (June 28, 2018), when it closed at $59.70

-- Up 11.37% from its 52-week closing low of $49.34 on May 31, 2019

-- Traded as high as $55.04; highest intraday level since April 18, 2019, when it hit $55.38

-- Up 5.08% at today's intraday high; largest intraday percent increase since June 20, 2018, when it rose as much as 5.65%

-- Best performer in the DJIA today

-- Third-best performer in the S&P 500 today

-- Best performer in the Nasdaq 100 today

-- Contributed 17.43 points to the DJIA so far today