Walmart (WMT) Competitors $94.92 -1.89 (-1.96%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$95.12 +0.20 (+0.21%) As of 06:33 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership. Is WMT or AMZN a better dividend stock? Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walmart pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amazon.com pays out 3.3% 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 volatility and risk, WMT or AMZN? Walmart has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings and 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$685.09B1.11$19.44B$2.3440.56Amazon.com$650.31B3.63$59.25B$6.1436.20 Do institutionals and insiders believe in WMT or AMZN? 26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer WMT or AMZN? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 169 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 296 mentions for Amazon.com and 127 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.92 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Walmart 85 Very Positive mention(s) 27 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Amazon.com 167 Very Positive mention(s) 59 Positive mention(s) 37 Neutral mention(s) 17 Negative mention(s) 4 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is WMT or AMZN more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.75%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat Walmart's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Walmart2.75% 21.76% 7.79% Amazon.com 10.14%24.14%10.90% Do analysts recommend WMT or AMZN? Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $106.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $247.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.21%. Given Walmart's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than Amazon.com.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Walmart 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 29 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.97Amazon.com 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 45 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.98 SummaryAmazon.com beats Walmart on 12 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WMT 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 ExcelMetricWalmartRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$757.48B$78.82B$26.36B$20.56BDividend Yield0.95%2.51%175.56%3.74%P/E Ratio40.5616.7329.6628.05Price / Sales1.110.436.0650.52Price / Cash23.488.2747.3222.25Price / Book7.822.755.784.61Net Income$19.44B$2.46B$869.96M$982.91M7 Day Performance-3.43%-1.43%19.33%3.26%1 Month Performance-2.49%1.57%3.61%4.37%1 Year Performance34.83%18.87%34.21%14.95% Walmart Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WMTWalmart4.9344 of 5 stars$94.92-2.0%$106.67+12.4%+38.7%$757.48B$685.09B40.562,100,000Trending NewsAMZNAmazon.com4.7553 of 5 stars$222.79-0.3%$245.60+10.2%+11.6%$2.37T$650.31B36.421,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionCOSTCostco Wholesale4.5893 of 5 stars$988.21+0.1%$1,034.79+4.7%+10.7%$438.74B$254.45B56.11333,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGOOGLAlphabet4.2594 of 5 stars$176.05-1.9%$199.95+13.6%-6.5%$2.14T$350.02B19.66183,323Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionROSTRoss Stores4.9504 of 5 stars$130.43-0.9%$158.94+21.9%-10.6%$42.67B$21.13B20.61107,000Positive NewsDGDollar General4.3724 of 5 stars$115.84+1.5%$109.08-5.8%-12.7%$25.48B$40.61B22.10194,200Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastHDHome Depot4.8674 of 5 stars$365.25-1.7%$426.77+16.8%+9.9%$364.00B$159.51B24.82520,700Positive NewsKRKroger4.1975 of 5 stars$71.27+2.1%$70.00-1.8%+35.4%$47.10B$146.97B19.42409,000Trending NewsLOWLowe's Companies4.8849 of 5 stars$223.12-2.3%$271.12+21.5%+4.2%$125.32B$83.67B18.53270,000Positive NewsSHOPShopify3.9974 of 5 stars$115.59-0.8%$115.66+0.1%+72.9%$150.32B$9.38B74.7511,600Positive NewsTGTTarget4.8323 of 5 stars$101.13-2.8%$116.70+15.4%-30.5%$46.08B$105.88B11.15440,000 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 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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