NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Stockholders 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 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer earned $127.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.67 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 1.77% and a return on equity of 17.16%. 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 EPS. 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, August, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.90-5.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.80.

33 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Walmart's stock. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's stock price to reach $99.2903 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% 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 18 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

Walmart saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 30,898,350 shares, a drop of 15.0% from the June 15th total of 36,369,114 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,801,180 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about WMT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a daily sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the retailer an impact score of 47.01 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Walmart.

Walmart's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.06%), FMR LLC (0.70%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.48%), Morgan Stanley (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.35%). 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 FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, American Century Companies Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Fred Alger Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Legal & General Group Plc and Pzena Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Putnam Investments LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. 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 $97.88.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $267.15 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]