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WBA

Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA

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WBA was delisted on the 27th of August, 2025.

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1,294 hedge funds and large institutions have $51.2B invested in Walgreens Boots Alliance in 2017 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 84 funds opening new positions, 499 increasing their positions, 504 reducing their positions, and 84 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

191% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.56B | Put options by funds: $537M

0% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 84 | Existing positions closed: 84

0.88% less ownership

Funds ownership: 61.42% → 60.55% (-0.88%)

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,307 → 1,294 (-13)

1% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 499 | Existing positions reduced: 504

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $55B → $51.2B (-$3.8B)

22% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 55 → 43 (-12)

Holders
1,294
Holders Change
-13
Holders Change %
-0.99%
% of All Funds
32.26%
Holding in Top 10
43
Holding in Top 10 Change
-12
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-21.82%
% of All Funds
1.07%
New
84
Increased
499
Reduced
504
Closed
84
Calls
$1.56B
Puts
$537M
Net Calls
+$1.02B
Net Calls Change
+$483M

Top Buyers

1
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
+$301M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$232M
3
Arrowstreet Capital
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
+$224M
4
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$179M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$158M

Top Sellers

1
T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
-$805M
2
Viking Global Investors
Viking Global Investors
Connecticut
-$745M
3
JSP
Jackson Square Partners
California
-$168M
4
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$159M
5
Lazard Asset Management
Lazard Asset Management
New York
-$147M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$5.48B +$158M +1,926,108 +3%
BlackRock
2
BlackRock
New York
$4.3B -$15.5M -188,472 -0.3%
State Street
3
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.95B +$6.33M +76,964 +0.2%
Wellington Management Group
4
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$2.79B +$232M +2,822,821 +9%
T. Rowe Price Associates
5
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$1.78B -$805M -9,782,731 -30%
Invesco
6
Invesco
Georgia
$1.57B +$9.89M +120,169 +0.6%
Franklin Resources
7
Franklin Resources
California
$1.45B +$301M +3,662,302 +25%
JP Morgan Chase
8
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$1.33B +$145M +1,764,779 +12%
Capital World Investors
9
Capital World Investors
California
$1.3B -$113M -1,375,097 -8%
Bank of New York Mellon
10
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$1.05B -$85.8M -1,042,868 -7%
Fidelity Investments
11
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$907M -$38.4M -466,402 -4%
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$858M -$4.73M -57,481 -0.5%
Nordea Investment Management
13
Nordea Investment Management
Sweden
$790M +$76.6M +931,508 +10%
Geode Capital Management
14
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$733M +$23.5M +285,689 +3%
Norges Bank
15
Norges Bank
Norway
$714M +$29.5M +358,202 +4%
Lazard Asset Management
16
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$686M -$147M -1,788,616 -17%
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
17
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
Quebec, Canada
$668M +$56.5M +686,700 +9%
SCP
18
Soroban Capital Partners
New York
$593M +$105M +1,271,000 +20%
Goldman Sachs
19
Goldman Sachs
New York
$558M +$93.1M +1,131,166 +19%
Morgan Stanley
20
Morgan Stanley
New York
$494M -$98.2M -1,193,552 -16%
CGI
21
CI Global Investments
California
$465M +$22.2M +270,182 +5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
22
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$463M +$61M +741,875 +14%
Wells Fargo
23
Wells Fargo
California
$452M -$1.44M -17,473 -0.3%
BAM
24
Burgundy Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$426M +$21.5M +260,756 +5%
TCIM
25
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$403M -$10.4M -126,397 -2%
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WBA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2017 in Review

1,294 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) for Q2 2017, worth a combined $51.2B — down 6.9% from $55B a quarter earlier.

Fund positioning in WBA was balanced in Q2 2017: 84 funds opened new positions, 84 closed out, 499 added to existing stakes and 504 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Franklin Resources, adding an estimated $301M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $805M.

  • 1,294 institutional investors held Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) as of Q2 2017, down from 1,307 in Q1 2017.
  • Funds reported $51.2B of Walgreens Boots Alliance stock for Q2 2017, down 6.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 84 funds opened new Walgreens Boots Alliance positions in Q2 2017 and 84 closed out, a net change of 0 holders.
  • The largest Walgreens Boots Alliance buyer in Q2 2017 was Franklin Resources, an estimated $301M added.
  • The largest Walgreens Boots Alliance seller in Q2 2017 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $805M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2017.