Walmart (WMT) Competitors $103.48 +0.83 (+0.81%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$103.38 -0.09 (-0.09%) As of 09/12/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WMT vs. AMZN, COST, GOOGL, ROST, DG, HD, KR, LOW, SHOP, and TGTShould you be buying Walmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walmart include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), Alphabet (GOOGL), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Shopify (SHOP), and Target (TGT). Walmart vs. Its Competitors Amazon.com Costco Wholesale Alphabet Ross Stores Dollar General Home Depot Kroger Lowe's Companies Shopify Target Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WMT or AMZN? 26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is WMT or AMZN more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Walmart's net margin of 3.08%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Walmart's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Walmart3.08% 21.45% 7.68% Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14% Do analysts recommend WMT or AMZN? Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $110.76, suggesting a potential upside of 7.03%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Given Amazon.com's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walmart.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Walmart 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 29 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Amazon.com 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 46 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WMT or AMZN? Amazon.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walmart. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWalmart$693.15B1.19$19.44B$2.6638.90Amazon.com$670.04B3.63$59.25B$6.5634.78 Is WMT or AMZN a better dividend stock? Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walmart pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amazon.com pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has more risk and volatility, WMT or AMZN? Walmart has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor WMT or AMZN? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 149 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 256 mentions for Amazon.com and 107 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.12 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Walmart 77 Very Positive mention(s) 18 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Amazon.com 189 Very Positive mention(s) 29 Positive mention(s) 23 Neutral mention(s) 13 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryAmazon.com beats Walmart on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Walmart News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WMT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWalmartRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$818.41B$83.78B$27.90B$21.58BDividend Yield0.94%2.51%173.88%3.48%P/E Ratio38.9017.2620.6229.75Price / Sales1.190.438.4386.40Price / Cash24.838.4066.6725.00Price / Book8.552.774.824.58Net Income$19.44B$2.46B$872.26M$999.94M7 Day Performance3.02%0.23%1.40%0.68%1 Month Performance2.40%2.37%4.17%3.10%1 Year Performance28.39%8.19%19.30%14.39% Walmart Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WMTWalmart4.6128 of 5 stars$103.48+0.8%$110.76+7.0%+29.9%$818.41B$693.15B38.902,100,000Trending NewsAMZNAmazon.com4.9185 of 5 stars$236.34+1.7%$262.87+11.2%+22.0%$2.52T$637.96B36.021,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastCOSTCostco Wholesale4.5194 of 5 stars$966.79+0.3%$1,050.00+8.6%+5.8%$428.75B$254.45B54.84333,000Trending NewsGOOGLAlphabet3.8858 of 5 stars$234.54-0.1%$221.44-5.6%+55.7%$2.84T$350.02B24.97183,323Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeROSTRoss Stores4.8266 of 5 stars$152.36+0.9%$160.67+5.5%-3.1%$49.81B$21.13B24.17107,000Positive NewsEx-DividendDGDollar General4.4523 of 5 stars$108.21-1.0%$112.92+4.4%+25.4%$23.82B$40.61B20.04194,200Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionHDHome Depot4.6817 of 5 stars$419.56+0.1%$432.52+3.1%+13.0%$417.63B$159.51B28.50520,700Positive NewsKRKroger4.1008 of 5 stars$67.59-0.2%$70.58+4.4%+23.8%$44.67B$147.12B18.42409,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionLOWLowe's Companies4.5842 of 5 stars$271.80+0.7%$284.13+4.5%+7.9%$152.39B$83.67B22.33270,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseInsider TradeSHOPShopifyN/A$147.14+0.2%$150.27+2.1%N/A$191.25B$10.01B94.9411,600Trending NewsTGTTarget4.9756 of 5 stars$91.70-1.6%$113.74+24.0%-39.4%$41.67B$106.57B10.69440,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Amazon.com Competitors Costco Wholesale Competitors Alphabet Competitors Ross Stores Competitors Dollar General Competitors Home Depot Competitors Kroger Competitors Lowe's Companies Competitors Shopify Competitors Target Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WMT) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | SponsoredTrump's Law S.1582: $21T Dollar Revolution ComingDo you have money in any of these banks? 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