NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, Price Target & More

Walmart trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WMT."

Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Walmart's Dividend History.

Walmart announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 17th. The retailer reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.02. The retailer had revenue of $122.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.29 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 17.16% and a net margin of 1.77%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.00 EPS. View Walmart's Earnings History.

Walmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walmart.

32 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's stock price to reach $96.0345 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

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Press coverage about WMT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the retailer an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Walmart's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.00%), Northern Trust Corp (0.60%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.49%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.34%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.31%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.25%). Company insiders that own Walmart stock include Alice L Walton, C Douglas Mcmillon, David Cheesewright, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner, Rosalind G Brewer, S Robson Walton and Steven P Whaley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walmart.

WMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, David Cheesewright, David Chojnowski, Gregory S Foran, Jacqueline P Canney, Jeffrey J Gearhart, Jim C Walton, John R Furner and S Robson Walton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walmart.

WMT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomaspartners Inc., BlackRock Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Mackay Shields LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Fisher Asset Management LLC and Summit Trail Advisors 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 $84.82.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $249.46 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.

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]