Headline : Walgreens tops quarterly revenue estimates, but narrows profit outlook in challenging economy

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Walgreens on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter sales that beat Wall Street's expectations, but lowered the high end of its full-year adjusted earnings outlook in part due to a "challenging" retail environment in the U.S.

The company also posted a steep net loss for the quarter as it recorded a hefty nearly $6 billion charge related to the decline in value of its investment in primary-care provider VillageMD. Walgreens has closed 140 VillageMD clinics amid financial woes for the business, which it sees as critical to its ongoing push to transform from a major drugstore chain into a large health-care company.

But Walgreens does not believe the VillageMD charge "will have a significant impact on our financial position, or our ability to invest across businesses going forward," Walgreens global CFO Manmohan Mahajan said during an earnings call Thursday.

The results come as Walgreens' new CEO, Tim Wentworth, works to slash costs and steer the company out of a rough spot with a slate of new executives. Shares of Walgreens fell 30% last year as the company faced weakening demand for Covid products, low pharmacy reimbursement rates, an unsteady push into health care and a challenging macroeconomic environment. 

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