NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer had revenue of $127.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.67 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 1.02%. Walmart's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.08 earnings per share. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

Walmart will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walmart issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.65-4.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.79.

33 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Walmart's stock. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $103.0968 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% 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 been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.04%), FMR LLC (0.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.34%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.32%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, C Douglas Mcmillon, 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, Rosalind G Brewer 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 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., Equity Investment Corp, Pzena Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vantage Investment Partners LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, Daniel J Bartlett, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Walmart.

WMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, FIL Ltd, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., ING Groep NV, Capital World Investors, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. and Fisher Asset Management LLC. 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 $101.53.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $307.70 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]