Walgreen Shares Up On June Sales (WAG)

Shares of Walgreen Co. WAG are up less than one percent following solid June sales figures.

Highlights from the press release are listed below.

• June sales of $6.28 billion up 8.9 percent from same month last year
• Total front-end sales up 1.8 percent; comparable store front-end sales up 1.3 percent
• Comparable traffic down 2.0 percent
• Comparable prescriptions filled up 7.3 percent in June and 4.7 percent on an adjusted calendar day-shift basis
• Total pharmacy sales up 13.4 percent; comparable store pharmacy sales up 11.3 percent
• Calendar 2014 YTD sales of $38.13 billion, up 5.9 percent from last year
• Fiscal 2014 YTD (10 months) sales of $63.65, up 6 percent from last year
• Opened 12 stores plus 3 relocations and closed 13