Wednesday, July 14th the Board of Directors of Walgreens
Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) announced
a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.4675 to $ 0.4775 per share that’s
payable September 10, 2021 to holders of record August 20, 2021. This
represents a 2.14% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Walgreens Boots Alliance and its predecessor company,
Walgreen Co., have paid a dividend in 355 straight quarters (more than 88
years) and have raised the dividend for 46 consecutive years.
With current price $ 46.25 (yesterday's close), this
raise brings their dividend yield to 4.13%.