NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.02. The retailer earned $122.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.29 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 17.16% and a net margin of 1.77%. The firm's revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.00 earnings per share. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

32 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Walmart's stock. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's share price to reach $96.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 18 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Walmart saw a drop in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about WMT stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. 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 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the retailer an impact score of 47.11 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.32%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.25%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). 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 Fred Alger Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Cullinan Associates Inc., Boston Advisors LLC and Saratoga Research & Investment Management. 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, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Rockland Trust Co. and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.. 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 $87.72.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $261.25 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]