Walgreens Could Be About to Make a Major Move That Has Investors Thrilled

Until recently, many Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) investors were desperately hungry for good news to boost the company's languishing stock price. On Dec. 10 they got some, in the form of a news report detailing a potential buyout deal. That gave the shares a bit of a bump, but overall, investors remain cautious.Should they be so guarded, or is this an opportunity to snap up an underappreciated stock at a serious discount?That Dec. 11 report was published by The Wall Street Journal, which wrote that Walgreens management is in discussions with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take itself private. Typically, a go-private deal prices the company undergoing the transformation at a premium. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool