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. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors 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, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 1.01% and a return on equity of 18.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.08 EPS. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

Walmart will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 19th at 7:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

33 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's share price to reach $104.4916 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% 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.

Headlines about WMT stock have been trending positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a news sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Walmart's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (2.94%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.61%), Northern Trust Corp (0.59%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.49%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.42%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, 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 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 BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of Montreal Can, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jacqueline P Canney, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Geode Capital Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, California Public Employees Retirement System, Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and Pactiv General Employee Benefit Trust. 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 $99.99.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $296.21 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]