On Friday, Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), gained 0.95% to $84.68.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, declared financial results for fiscal year and fourth quarter 2015 that ended 31 August 2015.
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Stefano Pessina said, “We are happy with our progress and performance in the fourth quarter and in our first fiscal year since launching Walgreens Boots Alliance. While we have much work to do and operate in some challenging markets, we are excited and energized by the outlook and opportunities ahead as we put in place our strategies for long-term, sustainable growth. We believe we can shape the future of health care around the world through our ability to bring global solutions to local communities, benefiting all participants, populations and stakeholders.”
Overview of Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter Results
In fiscal 2015, GAAP net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance raised 118.4 percent to $4.2 billion contrast with the same period a year ago, while GAAP net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance per diluted share raised 100 percent to $4.00 contrast with the same period a year ago.
Adjusted net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance for fiscal year 2015 raised 28.9 percent to $4.1 billion contrast with the same period a year ago. Adjusted net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance per diluted share for fiscal year 2015 raised 18.3 percent to $3.88 contrast with the same period a year ago. Earnings adjustments in fiscal year 2015 were a net reduction of GAAP net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance of $135 million or $0.12 per diluted share.
Net sales in fiscal year 2015 raised 35.4 percent to $103.4 billion contrast with the same period a year ago.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. The company operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale.
Shares of Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), declined -1.59% to $98.99, during its last trading session.
MasterCard, declared its participation in the following investor conferences in the month of November:
On Tuesday, November 10, Ed McLaughlin, chief emerging payments officer, will present at the Citi Financial Technology Conference in New York. The negotiation will start at 8:40 a.m. Eastern Time and last for about 35 minutes.
MasterCard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company facilitates the processing of payment transactions, counting authorization, clearing, and settlement, in addition to delivers related products and services.
Finally, Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), ended its last trade with -0.31% loss, and closed at $140.12.
International Business Machines Corp., declared that IBM Streaming Analytics and IBM Message Hub are now available as services on IBM Cloud. Based on the widely-used Apache Kafka messaging engine, these tools work together to make it easier for developers to integrate external data into their apps, in addition to visualize and continuously analyze this data.
Both services will be available to developers on Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform:
The Streaming Analytics service, powered by IBM Streams, can analyze millions of events per second to enable sub-millisecond response times and instant decision-making. Streaming Analytics gives developers a more efficient way to visualize data, and will assist expand the use of data analytics to a much broader base of users throughout businesses. This recent addition to the Bluemix services portfolio assists organizations spot opportunities and risks across all data incoming from their systems and operations.
International Business Machines Corporation provides information technology (IT) products and services worldwide. The company’s Global Technology Services segment provides IT infrastructure and business process services, such as outsourcing, processing, integrated technology, cloud, and technology support.