NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, Price Target & More

Walmart trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WMT."

Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Investors of record on Friday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.02. The retailer earned $122.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.29 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 1.77% and a return on equity of 17.16%. The company's revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.00 earnings per share. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

32 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Walmart's shares. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's share price to reach $96.0345 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

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News stories about WMT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a daily sentiment score of 0.01 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the retailer an impact score of 45.06 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.00%), Northern Trust Corp (0.60%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.49%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.34%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.31%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.25%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, C Douglas Mcmillon, David Cheesewright, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Rosalind G Brewer, S Robson Walton and Steven P Whaley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walmart.

WMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, David Cheesewright, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner and S Robson Walton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walmart.

WMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomaspartners Inc., BlackRock Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Mackay Shields LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Fisher Asset Management LLC and Summit Trail Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walmart.

Shares of WMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.82.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $249.46 billion and generates $500.34 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $9.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.42 on an earnings per share basis. Walmart employs 2,300,000 workers across the globe.

Walmart's mailing address is 702 SOUTHWEST 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE AR, 72716. The retailer can be reached via phone at 479-273-4000 or via email at [email protected]