Dohj LLC Purchases Shares of 5,995 Walmart Inc. $WMT

Dohj LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,995 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $569,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Operose Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 319.7% during the 1st quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 319 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 243 shares during the period. PFS Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Walmart by 267.8% during the 2nd quarter. PFS Partners LLC now owns 320 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Ridgewood Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of Walmart by 55.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ridgewood Investments LLC now owns 323 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. lifted its position in shares of Walmart by 98.2% during the 1st quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. now owns 337 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lifted its position in shares of Walmart by 432.4% during the 1st quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 362 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 294 shares in the last quarter. 26.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Walmart from $101.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. Mizuho reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $115.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Walmart in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Evercore ISI reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $110.00 price objective (up from $108.00) on shares of Walmart in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b)" rating on shares of Walmart in a report on Wednesday. Thirty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Walmart presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $112.38.

Walmart Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of WMT opened at $102.90 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $820.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.86 and a beta of 0.67. Walmart Inc. has a 1 year low of $79.37 and a 1 year high of $106.11. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $101.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $96.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $174.02 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 3.08%.The firm's revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Walmart

In other news, EVP John R. Furner sold 13,125 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.74, for a total transaction of $1,361,587.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 906,064 shares of the company's stock, valued at $93,995,079.36. This represents a 1.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Daniel J. Bartlett sold 1,610 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.71, for a total value of $166,973.10. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 645,968 shares in the company, valued at $66,993,341.28. This trade represents a 0.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 151,232 shares of company stock worth $15,083,877. Company insiders own 0.10% of the company's stock.

Walmart Company Profile

Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.

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