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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

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

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 18.16% and a net margin of 1.02%. Walmart's revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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, November, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.75-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.79. Walmart also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $4.75-4.85 EPS.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walmart's shares. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's share price to reach $103.0968 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% 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 1 sell rating, 16 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

News stories about WMT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the retailer a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Walmart's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.04%), FMR LLC (0.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.34%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.32%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Cheesewright, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, M Brett Biggs, Rosalind G Brewer and S Robson Walton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walmart.

WMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., Equity Investment Corp, Pzena Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vantage Investment Partners LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, M Brett Biggs 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, FIL Ltd, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Levin Capital Strategies L.P., ING Groep NV, Capital World Investors and Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD.. 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 $99.51.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $307.70 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.

The official website for Walmart is http://www.stock.walmart.com.

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]