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Walgreens Boots Alliance Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Results Exceed Expectations 1/7/2021 First quarter results , year - over - year ● • Sales increased 5.7 percent to $ 36.3 billion , up 5.2 percent on a constant currency basis Loss per share was $ 0.36 , compared to EPS of $ 0.95 in the year - ago quarter , including a $ 1.73 per share charge from the company's equity earnings in Amerisource Bergen ; Adjusted EPS decreased 11.2 percent to $ 1.22 , down 11.6 percent on a constant currency basis , reflecting an estimated adverse COVID - 19 impact of $ 0.26 to $ 0.30 per share Net cash provided by operating activities was $ 1.2 billion , an increase of $ 134 million ; Free cash flow was $ 763 million , an increase of $ 90 million , or 13 percent Fiscal 2021 outlook ● Walgreens Boots Alliance ● Company Accelerates Healthcare and Omnichannel Investments ● ● Strategic transactions Company maintained guidance of low single - digit growth in adjusted earnings per share at constant currency rates . Company executes portfolio transformation with divestiture of pharmaceutical wholesale business . For more information click here . Company accelerates its investment in Village MD and boosts the large - scale rollout of full - service primary care clinics in stores . For more information click here . DEERFIELD , III .-- ( BUSINESS WIRE ) -- Walgreens Boots Alliance , Inc. ( Nasdaq : WBA ) today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 , which ended Nov. 30 , 2020 . 1