Walmart - WMT Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WMT shares.
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26 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Walmart's shares. Their WMT share price forecasts range from $117.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $150.66 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $144.69 at the start of the year. Since then, WMT shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $139.37.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 16th 2022.
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.17. The retailer earned $152.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $149.96 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.05% and a net margin of 2.26%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.78 earnings per share.

Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 9th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 8th.
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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.69%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 49 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 48.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WMT will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.05% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Walmart announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 18th 2021, 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 up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.29-$1.32 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $146.17 billion-$146.17 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $145.61 billion.

8,426 employees have rated Walmart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon on Glassdoor.com. Doug McMillon has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees. 57.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Walmart to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walmart investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.19%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.87%), Northern Trust Corp (0.56%), FMR LLC (0.50%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.38%) and GQG Partners LLC (0.36%). Insiders that own company stock include Alice L Walton, Alice L Walton, Bernhard E Spiess, Bradley D Owens, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, 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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One share of WMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.37.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has a market capitalization of $382.03 billion and generates $572.75 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $13.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,300,000 workers across the globe.

Walmart was founded in 1962.

Walmart's mailing address is 702 SOUTHWEST 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE AR, 72716. The official website for the company is www.stock.walmart.com. The retailer can be reached via phone at (479) 273-4000, via email at invrelinq@wal-mart.com, or via fax at 479-277-1830.