Walmart Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Walmart stock.
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Walmart saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,680,000 shares, an increase of 22.3% from the June 30th total of 15,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,620,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Walmart is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 17th 2021.
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 18th. The retailer reported $1.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.48. The retailer had revenue of $138.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $131.53 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 2.18%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.18 earnings per share.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $114.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WMT stock has increased by 24.6% and is now trading at $142.55.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date 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 1.55%. 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 40.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Walmart will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.87% 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 initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 18th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

23 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Walmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $131.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's share price to reach $162.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price.
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8,426 employees have rated Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Glassdoor.com. Doug McMillon has an approval rating of 69% 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), Tesco (TSCDY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Five Below (FIVE), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUEM), 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.25%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Country Trust Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, Bernhard E Spiess, Bradley D Owens, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, Judith J Mckenna, Kathryn J Mclay, M Brett Biggs, Marc E Lore, Rachel L Brand, 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Heritage Wealth Advisors, Usca Ria LLC, Hedeker Wealth LLC, Caliber Wealth Management LLC, Raymond James Trust N.A., and Lathrop Investment Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, Bernhard E Spiess, Bradley D Owens, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, Judith J Mckenna, Marc E Lore, Rachel L Brand, and S Robson Walton.
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WMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookstone Capital Management, Manning & Napier Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, First Interstate Bank, Transform Wealth LLC, LaFleur & Godfrey LLC, and Veriti Management LLC.
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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 $142.55.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $399.45 billion and generates $559.15 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $13.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.48 on an earnings per share basis.

Walmart employs 2,300,000 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 [email protected]