NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Walmart announced 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 yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program 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 programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer had revenue of $127.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $124.67 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 17.16% and a net margin of 1.77%. The firm's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.08 earnings per share. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

Walmart updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.90-5.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.80.

33 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Walmart's shares. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's stock price to reach $99.7742 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walmart.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 18 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

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Media stories about WMT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. 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 news and rumor sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer an impact score of 46.46 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Walmart.

Walmart's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.06%), FMR LLC (0.70%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.48%), Morgan Stanley (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.35%). 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 FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, American Century Companies Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Fred Alger Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Legal & General Group Plc and Pzena Investment Management 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, Putnam Investments LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. 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 $97.85.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $267.15 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]