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

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

Walmart announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be paid 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 is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the 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 company's revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.00 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's stock price to reach $96.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% 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 decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 30,898,350 shares, a decline of 15.0% from the June 15th total of 36,369,114 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,801,180 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

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Media headlines about WMT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. 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 coverage optimism score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the retailer an impact score of 47.53 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Walmart's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.32%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.11%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc. and First National Bank of Omaha. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Rockland Trust Co., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., DnB Asset Management AS and Farmers Trust Co.. 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 $87.70.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $259.80 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]