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

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

Walmart declared 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 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer had revenue of $127.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.67 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 1.02% and a return on equity of 18.16%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walmart issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.65-4.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.79.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Walmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's share price to reach $103.0968 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.1% 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.

Press coverage about WMT stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Walmart's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, Equity Investment Corp, Pzena Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vantage Investment Partners LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., ING Groep NV, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., Fisher Asset Management LLC and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. 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 $103.03.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $312.71 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]