Market Currents

• Thursday, October 15, 2009

• 09:31 AM Walgreen (WAG -0.3%) to buy back up to $2B in shares, and increases yearly dividend by 22.2% to $0.1375/share. (PR) Comment!

• Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GCI +25%. MNI +15%. CIT +14%. WAG +10%. NYT +9%. CVS +5%.
  Losers: SQNM -41%. MBI -9%. Comment!
• 08:03 AM Walgreen (WAG): FQ4 EPS of $0.47 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $15.7B (+7.6%) in-line. Shares +6.2% premarket. Prescription sales climbed 9%. (PR) 1 Comment
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: WAG Comment!

• Monday, September 14, 2009

• 10:25 AM With aging baby boomers and forecasts that the over-65 population will double by 2030, companies like Walgreen (WAG), Rite Aid (RAD) and Family Dollar (FDO) are rethinking their store layouts to accommodate older shoppers. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, July 8, 2009

• 17:12 PM Walgreen (WAG +0.8% AH) raises its quarterly dividend 22%, to $0.1375 from $0.1125. Comment!

• Monday, June 22, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: MEDX +22%. AVII +12%. NSU +10%. EMKR +6%. AAUK +6%. LSI +5%.
  Losers: ALU -9%. RTP -6%. DB -5%. FRO -5%. HMY -5%. WAG -5%. STSI -5%. MT -5%. AIB -4%. AU -4%. GFI -4%. AXA -4%. HBAN -4%. FCX -4%. Comment!
• 08:12 AM Walgreen (WAG): FQ3 EPS of $0.53 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $16.2B (+8%) in-line. Shares -2.2% premarket. (PR) 1 Comment
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: WAG Comment!

• Monday, March 23, 2009

• 08:52 AM Walgreen (WAG): FQ2 EPS of $0.65 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $16.5B (+7.0%) vs. $16.4B. Shares +4.5% premarket. (PR) Comment!

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• 09:53 AM Walgreen (WAG) plans to buy the NJ-based Drug Fair company, closing at least 11 stores and putting the Walgreen name on the others. Details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Comment!

• Thursday, January 8, 2009

• 09:41 AM SSS #6: Rite Aid (RAD) +0.02% vs. +1.0%. TJX Cos (TJX) -5.0% vs. -8.5%. The Buckle (BKE) +13.5% vs. +12.0%. Walgreen (WAG) +4.9% vs. +4.0%. Comment!

• Monday, December 22, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: GW -46%. GM -8%. WAG -7%. LYG -6%. XL -5%. GNW -4%. PAY -3%. MON -3%. CIT -3%. Comment!
• 08:20 AM Walgreen (WAG): FQ1 EPS of $0.41 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $14.95B (+6.6%) vs. $15.08B. Says it will reduce store openings. Shares -4.7%. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: WAG Comment!

• Wednesday, December 3, 2008

• 09:21 AM Premarket gainers: GW +22%. CEG +21%. WAG +17%. MRVL +11.8%. ETP +4.8%. Comment!