Replies to post #3065 on Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA)

[biotech_researcher]

“CVS leases their stores, WBA owns them!”

You answered your own question. The rest of the world (Walmart, Target, Publix, restaurant changes) lease their properties, and don’t own them. It is because they can earn a return on their invested capital rather than sinking it into overhead, which a building is..