- Walgreens beat analysts’ expectations for fiscal first-quarter earnings, as customers came to stores for Covid vaccines and tests.
- Despite that, shares of the company fell after Walgreens spoke of rising labor costs as its pharmacists are stretched thin by administering vaccines and filling prescriptions.
- The drugstore chain raised its forecast for the year, saying it now anticipates adjusted earnings per share to grow the low single-digits instead of being flat.
- The company said it administered 15.6 million Covid vaccines in the fiscal first quarter — bringing its total to over 56 million to date.
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