Walmart (WMT) Competitors

26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Walmart has a net margin of 3.13% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 3.01%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 28.72% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Walmart has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the broader market.

Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Costco Wholesale. Walmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Walmart pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 110 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 181 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 71 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 0.84 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $138.85, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus price target of $1,056.32, suggesting a potential upside of 10.69%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Walmart is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Walmart pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Alphabet has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Walmart has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the broader market.

Alphabet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walmart. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Alphabet has a net margin of 37.92% compared to Walmart's net margin of 3.13%. Alphabet's return on equity of 38.99% beat Walmart's return on equity.

26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $138.85, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $413.04, suggesting a potential upside of 14.15%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than Alphabet.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 153 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 224 mentions for Alphabet and 71 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Alphabet's score of 0.80 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 369 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 440 mentions for NVIDIA and 71 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.87 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

NVIDIA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walmart. NVIDIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of NVIDIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Walmart currently has a consensus target price of $138.85, indicating a potential upside of 22.81%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $305.38, indicating a potential upside of 37.05%. Given NVIDIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Walmart.

Walmart has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the broader market.

NVIDIA has a net margin of 62.97% compared to Walmart's net margin of 3.13%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 96.94% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Walmart pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NVIDIA pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and NVIDIA has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Walmart had 47 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Walmart and 24 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Walmart's score of 1.03 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $138.85, indicating a potential upside of 22.81%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $233.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than Ross Stores.

Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Ross Stores. Ross Stores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Walmart pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Ross Stores has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Walmart has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the broader market.

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Walmart's net margin of 3.13%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 38.42% beat Walmart's return on equity.