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 paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 15th. The retailer reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. The retailer earned $124.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $124.86 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 1.02% and a return on equity of 18.16%. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

Walmart issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.75-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.79. Walmart also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $4.75-4.85 EPS.

32 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $104.1333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walmart.

32 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 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

Media headlines about WMT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walmart earned a media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.04%), FMR LLC (0.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.47%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.34%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, FIL Ltd, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Levin Capital Strategies L.P. and ING Groep NV. 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 $97.69.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $300.77 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]