NYSE:WMT - Walmart Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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 2.11%. 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 stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 11th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 16th. The retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.07. The retailer earned $127.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.67 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 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.08 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.

Walmart issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.90-5.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.80.

32 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Walmart's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Walmart's share price to reach $97.7667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. 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 18 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walmart.

Walmart saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 30,898,350 shares, a decline of 15.0% from the June 15th total of 36,369,114 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,801,180 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Walmart's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about WMT stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Walmart earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer an impact score of 46.20 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Walmart.

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.06%), FMR LLC (0.70%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.48%), Morgan Stanley (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.39%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.35%). 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 FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, American Century Companies Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Fred Alger Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Legal & General Group Plc and Pzena Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walmart company stock in the last year include Alice L Walton, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Putnam Investments LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. 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 $98.64.

Walmart has a market capitalization of $267.15 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]