secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (—)
CIK:        0001618921
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-079608
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WBA Q2 loss per share $6.85 on $5.8B VillageMD impairment; adj EPS $1.20, sales up 6.3%, guidance narrowed to $3.20-3.35
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- GAAP loss per share $6.85 vs EPS $0.81 YoY; includes $5.8B after-tax non-cash VillageMD goodwill impairment.
- Adjusted EPS $1.20, up 3.4% (2.8% constant currency), on sales $37.1B (+6.3% YoY).
- Fiscal 2024 adjusted EPS guidance narrowed to $3.20-3.35 from prior range; U.S. Healthcare achieved adjusted EBITDA profitability.
- Actions: cost savings target $1B, strategic portfolio review over next 3 months, early wind-down of sale-leaseback program.
- Cencora share sales and challenging retail environment cited as headwinds; lower adjusted effective tax rate provides offset.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312524079608/0001193125-24-079608-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312524079608/d817592d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-079608

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