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Walmart (WMT) Competitors

$156.35
-2.29 (-1.44%)
(As of 10:33 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$156.05
$158.77
50-Day Range
$154.67
$169.74
52-Week Range
$136.09
$169.94
Volume
2.74 million shs
Average Volume
6.02 million shs
Market Capitalization
$420.83 billion
P/E Ratio
25.93
Dividend Yield
1.46%
Price Target
$179.00

WMT vs. COST, HD, BABA, PDD, LOW, SBUX, BKNG, AMZN, PSMT, and TGT

Should you be buying Walmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walmart include Costco Wholesale (COST), Home Depot (HD), Alibaba Group (BABA), PDD (PDD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Starbucks (SBUX), Booking (BKNG), Amazon.com (AMZN), PriceSmart (PSMT), and Target (TGT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Walmart vs.

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Costco Wholesale pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 37.8% 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 20 consecutive years and Walmart has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Costco Wholesale received 321 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.00% of users gave Costco Wholesale an outperform vote while only 59.96% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Costco WholesaleOutperform Votes
1754
72.00%
Underperform Votes
682
28.00%
WalmartOutperform Votes
1433
59.96%
Underperform Votes
957
40.04%

Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.55%. Walmart's return on equity of 28.10% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costco Wholesale2.60% 28.10% 9.72%
Walmart 2.55%21.20%7.06%

In the previous week, Walmart had 4 more articles in the media than Costco Wholesale. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Walmart and 37 mentions for Costco Wholesale. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 0.21 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Walmart
9 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

66.3% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.2% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.5% of Walmart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 Ratio
Costco Wholesale$242.29B1.09$6.29B$14.1641.95
Walmart$611.29B0.70$11.68B$6.0326.32

Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus target price of $586.43, suggesting a potential downside of 1.27%. Walmart has a consensus target price of $179.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Costco Wholesale'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)
6 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Walmart
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Walmart on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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WMT vs. The Competition

MetricWalmartVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$422.14B$71.71B$18.64B$15.62B
Dividend Yield1.45%2.11%185.18%3.80%
P/E Ratio26.0118.6121.5822.18
Price / Sales0.691.357.466.30
Price / Cash15.0218.7614.8017.41
Price / Book4.935.824.504.67
Net Income$11.68B$2.22B$516.10M$907.68M
7 Day Performance1.40%2.46%2.02%1.19%
1 Month Performance-2.69%6.33%9.09%14.74%
1 Year Performance2.53%5.15%0.27%3.50%

Walmart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COST
Costco Wholesale
2.2949 of 5 stars
$594.00
-0.2%
$586.43
-1.3%
+11.9%$262.99B$242.29B41.95316,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
HD
Home Depot
2.5593 of 5 stars
$313.44
+0.8%
$339.57
+8.3%
-1.7%$311.95B$157.40B20.12518,100Options Volume
BABA
Alibaba Group
2.8137 of 5 stars
$76.72
-1.0%
$130.53
+70.1%
+1.1%$196.84B$126.49B10.63235,216Gap Down
PDD
PDD
1.973 of 5 stars
$139.00
+18.1%
$122.25
-12.1%
+87.7%$183.42B$165.24B34.4912,992Earnings Report
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LOW
Lowe's Companies
2.8402 of 5 stars
$200.05
+0.1%
$236.40
+18.2%
-4.3%$115.45B$97.06B15.42307,000Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
SBUX
Starbucks
2.8932 of 5 stars
$101.18
-1.2%
$114.52
+13.2%
+2.6%$115.01B$35.98B28.26381,000
BKNG
Booking
2.3642 of 5 stars
$3,141.91
+0.4%
$3,346.21
+6.5%
+58.3%$109.62B$17.09B21.8821,600Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
AMZN
Amazon.com
2.7039 of 5 stars
$147.03
-0.5%
$168.93
+14.9%
+56.5%$1.52T$513.98B76.181,541,000Short Interest ↑
PSMT
PriceSmart
2.0387 of 5 stars
$68.28
+0.6%
$82.00
+20.1%
-5.2%$2.06B$4.41B19.5111,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
TGT
Target
2.8658 of 5 stars
$131.67
+0.3%
$154.39
+17.3%
-20.4%$60.79B$109.12B16.79440,000Insider Selling
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