NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its board has initiated a share buyback 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 a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted 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 had revenue of $122.69 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 previous year, the company 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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $96.0345 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

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Press coverage about WMT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a news sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the retailer an impact score of 47.61 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Walmart's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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 acquired 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 $83.09.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $247.95 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]