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. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be paid 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 is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.02. The retailer had revenue of $122.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.29 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 17.16% and a net margin of 1.77%. The business's revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walmart's shares. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $96.00 in the next twelve months. 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 decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 30,898,350 shares, a decrease of 15.0% from the June 15th total of 36,369,114 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,801,180 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the company 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).

Media coverage about WMT stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer an impact score of 43.72 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Walmart's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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, Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Cullinan Associates Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC and Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC. 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 purchased 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]