NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 14th. The retailer reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.07. The retailer had revenue of $126.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $128.08 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 18.47% and a net margin of 2.77%. Walmart's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.08 EPS. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

28 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $124.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walmart.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

Media stories about WMT stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 impact score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Walmart.

Some companies that are related to Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), Target (TGT), Wal-mart de Mexico S A B de C V (WMMVY), Dollar General (DG), Tesco (TSCDY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), BJs Wholesale Club (BJ), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FRED).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walmart investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Mcdonald's (MCD).

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.10%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, M Brett Biggs, Marc E Lore 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Calamos Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFP Advisors Inc, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Dubuque Bank & Trust Co.. 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, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, Marc E Lore 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Hoey Investments Inc., Country Trust Bank, Ironvine Capital Partners LLC and Huntington National Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.42.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $330.30 billion and generates $514.41 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $6.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.91 on an earnings per share basis. Walmart employs 2,200,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Walmart.

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]