Walmart - WMT Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" WMT shares.
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26 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Walmart's stock. Their WMT share price forecasts range from $117.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $151.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% 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 10.6% and is now trading at $129.36.
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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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 16th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.48 by $0.18. The retailer earned $141.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138.05 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 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.69 EPS.
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Walmart announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, December 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.56 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date 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 1.76%. 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 of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 18th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart issued an update on its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.62-$1.64 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $150.36 billion-$150.36 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $148.25 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Swiss National Bank (0.24%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.19%), US Bancorp DE (0.09%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%) and State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System (0.06%). 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 $129.36.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has a market capitalization of $354.60 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.