This chapter analyzes the recent dividend cut by Walgreens-Bruz Alliance and its implications. It discusses the challenges Walgreens faces in the healthcare industry, such as debt, competition, and limited pricing opportunities. The chapter also examines the shortage of pharmacists and the importance of addressing their concerns for the success of the business.
Walgreens’s new CEO has some big plans.
(00:21) Bill Barker and Deidre Woollard discuss:
- The big tasks ahead for Walgreens’s new CEO.
- What a dividend drop might be signaling.
- How price drops impacted Big Egg.
(17:23) Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey talk pullback stocks including Aritzia and Shopify.
Companies discussed: CALM, WBA, TSE:ATZ, ATZAF, SHOP
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Host: Deidre Woollard
Guests: Bill Barker, Jim Gillies, Ricky Mulvey
Producers: Mary Long, Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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