Walmart Stock Forecast, Price & News

31 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Walmart stock.
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Walmart saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 26th, there was short interest totaling 15,330,000 shares, an increase of 26.4% from the February 11th total of 12,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Walmart is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 18th 2021.
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 18th. The retailer reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.12. The retailer earned $152.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $148.52 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.13% and a net margin of 3.30%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 EPS.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $114.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WMT shares have increased by 22.5% and is now trading at $140.16.
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Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Monday, January 3rd. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 9th.
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Walmart pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.58%. Walmart has been increasing its dividend for 45 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Walmart is 44.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Walmart will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.66% next year. This indicates that Walmart will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Walmart announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 18th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

31 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $131.00 to $180.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's stock price to reach $154.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price.
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17,884 employees have rated Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Glassdoor.com. Doug McMillon has an approval rating of 68% among Walmart's employees. 57.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Walmart to a friend.

Some companies that are related to Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), Target (TGT), Wal-Mart de México (WMMVY), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Tesco (TSCDY), Five Below (FIVE), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUESQ) and Fred's (FREDQ).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walmart investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), The Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.02%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.02%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Huntington National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, Kathryn J Mclay, M Brett Biggs, Marc E Lore, Randall L Stephenson and S Robson Walton.
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WMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Huntington National Bank, Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Saratoga Research & Investment Management, Clear Street Markets LLC, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, Judith J Mckenna, Kathryn J Mclay, Marc E Lore, and S Robson Walton.
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WMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Campbell Capital Management Inc., Everence Capital Management Inc., Xcel Wealth Management LLC, Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, and Thomasville National Bank.
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Shares of WMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.16.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $394.84 billion and generates $523.96 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $14.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.93 on an earnings per share basis.

Walmart employs 2,200,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Walmart: ASDA Group, ASDA Group Limited, Art.com, Asda, Aspectiva, Bare Necessities, BigTrade, Bompreço, Bonobos, CareZone, Cifra, Cornershop, Distribucion y Servicio, Eloquii, Flipkart, Flipkart Private Limited, FloCare, Jet.com, Massmart, Massmart Holdings Ltd, ModCloth, Moosejaw, Moosejaw Mountaineering, Parcel, Polymorph Labs, Reclip.It, Sam's East, Sam's East Inc., Sam's Property Company, Sam's Real Estate Business Trust, Sam's West, Sam's West Inc., Seiyu Group, Shoes.com, Vudu, Wal-Mart Canada, Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Wal-Mart Japan, Wal-Mart Japan Holdings K.K., Wal-Mart Property Company, Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, Wal-Mart Stores East, Wal-Mart Stores East LP, Wal-Mart Stores Texas, Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC, Wal-Mart de Mexico, Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., Walmart Chile, Walmart Chile S.A., Wim Yogurt, and Yihaodian.

Walmart was founded in 1962.

The official website for Walmart is www.stock.walmart.com.

Walmart is headquartered at 702 SOUTHWEST 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE AR, 72716.

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 inv[email protected]