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Walmart (WMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$94.92 -1.89 (-1.96%)
Closing price 07/10/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$94.88 -0.04 (-0.04%)
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About Walmart Stock (NYSE:WMT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$94.74
$96.78
50-Day Range
$94.20
$100.01
52-Week Range
$66.67
$105.30
Volume
18.83 million shs
Average Volume
18.04 million shs
Market Capitalization
$757.48 billion
P/E Ratio
40.56
Dividend Yield
0.99%
Price Target
$106.67
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Walmart Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

WMT MarketRank™: 

Walmart scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 208 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Walmart has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.97, and is based on 29 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Walmart has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Walmart's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Walmart are expected to grow by 18.43% in the coming year, from $2.55 to $3.02 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Walmart is 40.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.85.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Walmart is 40.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 29.66.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Walmart has a PEG Ratio of 4.66. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Walmart has a P/B Ratio of 7.82. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Walmart's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.89% of the float of Walmart has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Walmart has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Walmart has recently decreased by 6.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Walmart has a dividend yield of 0.97%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Walmart has been increasing its dividend for 53 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Walmart is 40.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Walmart will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.13% next year. This indicates that Walmart will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Walmart's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.89% of the float of Walmart has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Walmart has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Walmart has recently decreased by 6.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Walmart has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 122 news articles for Walmart this week, compared to 92 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 118 people have searched for WMT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -28% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    62 people have added Walmart to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 15% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Walmart insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $13,710,319.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    45.58% of the stock of Walmart is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 26.76% of the stock of Walmart is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Walmart's insider trading history.
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WMT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Walmart's stock was trading at $90.35 at the start of the year. Since then, WMT stock has increased by 5.1% and is now trading at $94.9170.

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 15th. The retailer reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.03. The business's revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Walmart's stock split on the morning of Monday, February 26th 2024.The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, January 30th 2024. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, February 26th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Walmart subsidiaries include these companies: CareZone, BigTrade, FloCare, Polymorph Labs, Aspectiva, Art.com, Bare Necessities, and more.

Walmart's top institutional shareholders include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (1.31%), Swedbank AB (0.04%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.03%) and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Alice L Walton, Jim C Walton, S Robson Walton, C Douglas Mcmillon, Kathryn J Mclay, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, Daniel J Bartlett, John D Rainey, Rachel L Brand, Christopher James Nicholas, Timothy Patrick Flynn, David Chojnowski and Robert Edward Jr Moritz.
View institutional ownership trends
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Shares of WMT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Walmart investors own include SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Dell Technologies (DELL), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), V.F. (VFC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 5/27 Dividend
5/09/2025
Record date for 5/27 Dividend
5/12/2025
Last Earnings
5/15/2025
Dividend Payable
5/27/2025
Today
7/11/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/21/2025
Fiscal Year End
1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
RETAIL - SUPERMKT
Sub-Industry
Hypermarkets & Super Centers
Current Symbol
NYSE:WMT
CIK
104169
Employees
2,100,000
Year Founded
1962

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$120.00
Low Price Target
$81.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+12.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.97
Research Coverage
32 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$2.34
Trailing P/E Ratio
40.56
Forward P/E Ratio
37.22
P/E Growth
4.66
Net Income
$19.44 billion
Net Margins
2.75%
Pretax Margin
3.69%
Return on Equity
21.76%
Return on Assets
7.79%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.47
Current Ratio
0.78
Quick Ratio
0.22

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$680.99 billion
Price / Sales
1.11
Cash Flow
$4.05 per share
Price / Cash Flow
23.41
Book Value
$12.13 per share
Price / Book
7.82

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
7,980,420,000
Free Float
4,342,943,000
Market Cap
$757.48 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.68

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This page (NYSE:WMT) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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