Walmart Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Walmart stock.
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23 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Walmart's stock. Their WMT stock forecasts range from $134.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate Walmart's stock price to reach $156.74 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.1% from the stock's current price.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $144.69 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, WMT stock has decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $122.33.
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Walmart is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 16th 2022.
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by $0.18. The retailer had revenue of $141.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $138.05 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.05% and a net margin of 2.26%. The company's revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.69 EPS.
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Walmart announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 22nd. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 1.80%. Walmart 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 of Walmart is 48.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Walmart will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.28% next year. This indicates that Walmart 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 plan on Thursday, February 18th 2021, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.40-$6.40 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $585.79 billion-$585.79 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $591.18 billion.

8,426 employees have rated Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Glassdoor.com. Doug McMillon has an approval rating of 69% among Walmart's employees. 57.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Walmart to a friend.

Some companies that are related to Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), Target (TGT), Wal-Mart de México (WMMVY), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Tesco (TSCDY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUESQ), Tuesday Morning (TUEM) and Fred's (FREDQ).
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (4.57%), BlackRock Inc. (3.35%), State Street Corp (2.20%), Northern Trust Corp (0.59%), GQG Partners LLC (0.56%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.40%). Company insiders that own Walmart 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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WMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, HS Management Partners LLC, Capital Wealth Planning LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, and Capitolis Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last two years include Alice L Walton, Bernhard E Spiess, Bradley D Owens, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, M Brett Biggs, Marc E Lore, Rachel L Brand, and S Robson Walton.
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WMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Bridgewater Associates LP, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, and Dorsal Capital Management LLC.
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Shares of WMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $122.33.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has a market capitalization of $335.32 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.

Walmart 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 Walmart is www.stock.walmart.com. The retailer can be reached via phone at (479) 273-4000, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 479-277-1830.