Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, drugstore giant Walgreen (WBA -5.57%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Walgreen and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Walgreen facts

Headquarters (founded)

Deerfield, Ill. (1901)

Market Cap

$30.5 billion

Industry

Drug retail

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$71.6 billion

Management

CEO Gregory Wasson (since 2009)
CFO Wade Miquelon (since 2008)

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

15.3%

Cash/Debt

$1.3 billion / $5.4 billion

Dividend Yield

3.4%

Competitors

CVS Caremark (CVS -6.15%)
Rite Aid (RAD)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT 0.43%)

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94% of the 2,247 members who have rated Walgreen believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last month, one of those Fools, JohnCLeven, nicely broke down the outperform case for our community:

At a conservative growth rate of 8%, [Walgreen] would earn [$3.70] per share in 2014. Now, let's up that P/E from today's very low 12x to a much more reasonable 15x and you get a share price of $55.50. Add in the, at least, $3.50 in dividends [Walgreen] will pay you over the next 3 years, and you're looking at $59 in value for a $35.63 stock. (An 18.31% compounded annual rate of return). That's a very realistic 65% increase in value in 3 years. The S&P growing 65% in the next 3 years is not realistic. Outperform.

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