Walmart (WMT) Competitors $95.95 -0.48 (-0.50%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$96.04 +0.09 (+0.09%) As of 05/22/2025 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. COST, PSMT, TGT, DG, DLTR, BJ, OLLI, MNSO, FIVE, and AMZNShould you be buying Walmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), PriceSmart (PSMT), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), and Amazon.com (AMZN). Walmart vs. Costco Wholesale PriceSmart Target Dollar General Dollar Tree BJ's Wholesale Club Ollie's Bargain Outlet MINISO Group Five Below Amazon.com Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COST or WMT? 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Walmart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus price target of $1,024.03, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Walmart has a consensus price target of $104.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.36%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Costco Wholesale 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Walmart 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 30 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.97 Is COST or WMT a better dividend stock? Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Costco Wholesale pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 40.2% 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. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Walmart has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the media refer more to COST or WMT? In the previous week, Walmart had 135 more articles in the media than Costco Wholesale. MarketBeat recorded 202 mentions for Walmart and 67 mentions for Costco Wholesale. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Walmart's score of 0.57 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Costco Wholesale 47 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Walmart 85 Very Positive mention(s) 37 Positive mention(s) 32 Neutral mention(s) 25 Negative mention(s) 7 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale received 274 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.04% of users gave Costco Wholesale an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCostco WholesaleOutperform Votes187172.04% Underperform Votes72627.96% WalmartOutperform Votes159762.09% Underperform Votes97537.91% Which has more volatility and risk, COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COST or WMT? Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Costco Wholesale. Walmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCostco Wholesale$264.09B1.71$7.37B$17.1359.44Walmart$680.99B1.13$15.51B$2.3441.00 Is COST or WMT more profitable? Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.85%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 32.31% beat Walmart's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Costco Wholesale2.93% 32.31% 10.55% Walmart 2.85%21.87%7.84% SummaryCostco Wholesale beats Walmart on 12 of the 22 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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 ExcelMetricWalmartVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$767.69B$110.47B$25.20B$19.30BDividend Yield0.98%2.39%169.81%3.84%P/E Ratio39.8121.0724.6034.53Price / Sales1.131.003.9734.83Price / Cash23.5117.7219.4117.51Price / Book7.916.546.104.69Net Income$15.51B$2.55B$784.05M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.37%2.39%-1.01%-1.74%1 Month Performance1.10%10.14%10.25%7.50%1 Year Performance47.09%8.46%8.11%4.15% Walmart Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WMTWalmart4.2558 of 5 stars$95.95-0.5%$104.94+9.4%+47.1%$767.69B$680.99B39.812,300,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionCOSTCostco Wholesale4.0791 of 5 stars$1,031.09+0.5%$1,024.03-0.7%+27.0%$457.53B$264.09B60.55304,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPSMTPriceSmart1.5992 of 5 stars$106.13+1.4%N/A+23.2%$3.26B$5.08B23.3810,600TGTTarget4.5646 of 5 stars$97.83-0.8%$127.29+30.1%-33.7%$44.36B$106.57B10.35450,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionDGDollar General4.2966 of 5 stars$97.95+4.7%$95.48-2.5%-28.9%$21.53B$40.61B16.12163,000Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeDLTRDollar Tree3.7521 of 5 stars$87.03+0.6%$82.68-5.0%-20.9%$18.69B$17.58B-18.22210,600News CoveragePositive NewsBJBJ's Wholesale Club2.3391 of 5 stars$117.68+1.1%$112.06-4.8%+44.1%$15.52B$20.50B28.3334,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportOLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet3.0682 of 5 stars$120.29+1.2%$123.23+2.4%+54.7%$7.40B$2.27B35.969,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastMNSOMINISO Group4.0559 of 5 stars$20.57+1.3%$26.03+26.6%+0.3%$6.46B$16.99B18.603,370Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap UpFIVEFive Below3.3662 of 5 stars$109.01+2.3%$97.25-10.8%-16.5%$6.00B$3.88B22.4820,200Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAMZNAmazon.com4.865 of 5 stars$205.550.0%$244.09+18.7%+10.9%$2.19T$650.31B37.221,541,000Trending News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Costco Wholesale Competitors PriceSmart Competitors Target Competitors Dollar General Competitors Dollar Tree Competitors BJ's Wholesale Club Competitors Ollie's Bargain Outlet Competitors MINISO Group Competitors Five Below Competitors Amazon.com 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 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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