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 given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 earnings per share 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 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 quarterly revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 forecasts 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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Media coverage about WMT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a news impact score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the retailer an impact score of 46.66 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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 purchased 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]