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 given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a 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 has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board 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 for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer had revenue of $127.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $124.67 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 1.01% and a return on equity of 18.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.08 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $104.4916 in the next twelve months. 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.

Press coverage about WMT stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the retailer a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Walmart's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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]