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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its board 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 business's revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Walmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's share price to reach $96.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 18 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Walmart saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 30,898,350 shares, a decline of 15.0% from the June 15th total of 36,369,114 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,801,180 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), Wal-mart de Mexico S A B de C V (WMMVY), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), BJ's Wholesale (BJ), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FRED).

Press coverage about WMT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a daily sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the retailer an impact score of 45.47 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Walmart's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.32%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.25%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.11%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC and Hexavest Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Rockland Trust Co., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Welch & Forbes LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. 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 $87.64.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $259.80 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]