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40. Walgreen

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Rank: 40 (Previous rank: 44)
Compare tool: Walgreen vs. Top 10
CEO: Jeffrey A. Rein
Address: 200 Wilmot Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: 847-914-2500
Website: www.walgreens.com

The drugstore chain, which operates more than 6,200 stores nationwide, is expected to acquire two worksite health centers this year. The move is a bid to grow beyond retail into a health care services company, and to compete with rival CVS, which merged with Caremark last year. Walgreen is planning to add in-store Take Care clinics at 400 of its locations in 2008. Revenue grew 13.4% in 2007.

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	53,762.0	13.4
Profits	2,041.3	16.6
Assets	19,313.6	—
Stockholders' equity	11,104.3	—
Market value (3/28/2008)	37,107.4	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	3.8
Assets	10.6
Stockholders' equity	18.4

Earnings per share
2007 $	2.03
% change from 2006	18.0
1997-2007 annual growth rate %	16.5

Total return to investors	%
2007	-16.3
1997-2007 annual rate	9.9

Industry: Food and Drug Stores

Rank	Company	500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	CVS Caremark	24	76,329.5
2	Kroger	26	70,234.7
3	Walgreen	40	53,762.0


4	Safeway	55	42,286.0
5	Supervalu	62	37,406.0
6	Publix Super Markets	107	23,193.6
7	Rite Aid	142	17,507.7
8	Winn-Dixie Stores	347	7,225.3
9	Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea	357	6,850.3
10	Whole Foods Market	369	6,591.8
11	Longs Drug Stores	453	5,297.9
12	Stater Bros. Holdings	584	3,674.4
13	Ruddick	587	3,639.2
14	Ingles Markets	701	2,851.6
15	Weis Markets	809	2,318.6
16	Fred's	947	1,780.9
17	Duane Reade Holdings	976	1,686.8