Walmart Inc. $WMT Holdings Cut by Leibman Financial Services Inc.

Key Points

• Leibman Financial Services Inc. significantly reduced its stake in Walmart Inc. by 67.9% in Q2, now holding 2,559 shares valued at $250,000.
• In recent transactions, Walmart executives sold a combined total of 34,000 shares, while also reporting a miss in earnings per share for the last quarter.
• Analysts have a generally positive outlook on Walmart, with 29 out of 31 rating it as a Buy, and recent target prices range from $110.76 to $118.00.

Leibman Financial Services Inc. decreased its stake in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 67.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,559 shares of the retailer's stock after selling 5,419 shares during the quarter. Leibman Financial Services Inc.'s holdings in Walmart were worth $250,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Operose Advisors LLC raised its holdings 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 in the last quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 294 shares in the last quarter. EQ Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Walmart during the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Lipe & Dalton raised its holdings in shares of Walmart by 95.2% during the 1st quarter. Lipe & Dalton now owns 410 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.76% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other Walmart news, EVP Kathryn J. Mclay sold 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.14, for a total value of $380,560.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,056,455 shares in the company, valued at $100,511,128.70. The trade was a 0.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CTO Suresh Kumar sold 30,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.47, for a total transaction of $3,104,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 1,787,200 shares in the company, valued at approximately $184,921,584. This trade represents a 1.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 151,232 shares of company stock valued at $14,822,719 in the last ninety days. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WMT has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of Walmart from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Walmart from $101.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $117.00 target price on shares of Walmart and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Walmart from $130.00 to $127.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group raised their target price on shares of Walmart from $115.00 to $118.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $110.76.

Walmart Price Performance

Shares of Walmart stock opened at $103.40 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.79. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $98.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.48. Walmart Inc. has a twelve month low of $77.49 and a twelve month high of $105.30. The firm has a market cap of $824.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.98 and a beta of 0.65.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.06). Walmart had a net margin of 3.08% and a return on equity of 21.45%. The business had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.67 earnings per share. Walmart's revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts expect that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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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