NYSE:WMTWalmart Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walmart's stock was trading at $114.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WMT shares have increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $127.75. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Walmart.

Walmart is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walmart.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 19th. The retailer reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.06. The retailer earned $134.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $130.91 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 2.81% and a return on equity of 18.33%. The firm's revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. View Walmart's earnings history.

Walmart announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Friday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.54 per share on Monday, January 4th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 10th. View Walmart's dividend history.

34 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Walmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's share price to reach $132.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walmart.

News articles about WMT stock have been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a news sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Walmart.

Walmart saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,500,000 shares, a drop of 11.9% from the May 31st total of 15,320,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walmart investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ) 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Rockland Trust Co. (0.01%) and Farmers Trust Co. (0.00%). 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, Kathryn J Mclay, 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 Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Cullinan Associates Inc., Thomasville National Bank, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Clarus Wealth Advisors, and Rockland Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include David Chojnowski, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, Kathryn J Mclay, M Brett Biggs, and Marc E Lore. View insider buying and selling activity for Walmart.

WMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First American Trust FSB, HNP Capital LLC, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, Canandaigua National Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, and Legacy Private Trust Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $127.75.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $362.01 billion and generates $523.96 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $14.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.93 on an earnings per share basis. Walmart employs 2,200,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Walmart is 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]