Walmart (WMT) News Today $96.48 -1.33 (-1.35%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$96.42 -0.05 (-0.06%) As of 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 Headlines Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Why is Walmart Down Today?Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) shares are trading lower today amid a mix of cost-cutting moves, tariff-driven price changes and insider selling. Restructuring and job cuts: Walmart announced plans to eliminate about 1,500 positions to simplify its organizational structure and control expenses, a move intended to support margins but signaling near-term charges. Tariffs and price hikes: The retailer said it will pass some tariff costs onto customers, prompting President Trump’s criticism and raising questions about the impact on traffic and competitors’ pricing strategies. Analyst outlook mixed: DA Davidson and Roth Capital raised their Q2 EPS forecasts to roughly $0.73–$0.74 and maintain “Buy” ratings, while Telsey Advisory trimmed its Q3 estimate—adding uncertainty around consensus guidance. Insider activity: EVP Daniel Bartlett sold 1,778 shares (about $166,700), and heir Jim Walton reduced his stake by over $1.5 billion, moves that have investors watching for signals on valuation. AI partnership leak: Details surfaced at Microsoft’s Build conference about Walmart’s use of AI tools for inventory, logistics and customer service—an initiative that could bolster efficiency over the medium term. Investors are weighing the offset between cost‐cutting and tariff pressures, while recent insider selling and diverging analyst views are contributing to today’s pullback in WMT shares.Posted 1h agoAI generated WMT Latest News All Sources Trusted Sources MarketBeat Benzinga Bloomberg GlobeNewswire GuruFocus MarketWatch Motley Fool NASDAQ PR Newswire Reuters Seeking Alpha TalkMarkets The Street TipRanks The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Zen Yahoo Finance Source Sentiment refers to the positivity or negativity of each headline according to our language processing algorithm. Sentiment All Sentiments Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Most Recent May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 Time Period President Trump Thinks Walmart Can Absorb the Impact of Tariffs. Can It?May 21 at 8:11 PM | fool.comAlong with price hikes, here’s how else Walmart might maintain margins while navigating tariffsMay 21 at 7:05 PM | marketwatch.comAlong with price hikes, here's how else Walmart might maintain margins while navigating tariffsMay 21 at 7:01 PM | marketwatch.comWalmart plans job cuts in restructuring push to lower expensesMay 21 at 6:18 PM | msn.comWalmart to Cut 1,500 JobsMay 21 at 4:59 PM | wsj.comEcommerce Stocks To Watch Now - May 20thWalmart, Colgate-Palmolive, and GameStop are the three Ecommerce stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Ecommerce stocks are publicly traded shares of companies whose primary business involves selling goods or services online. 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Sells 317,339 Shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Nationale Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. trimmed its stake in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 80.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 75,958 shares of the retailMay 21 at 7:39 AM | marketbeat.comWalmart Q1 Earnings TranscriptMay 21 at 7:22 AM | marketbeat.comUBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Buys 2,643,413 Shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 11.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 25,917,346 shares ofMay 21 at 7:21 AM | marketbeat.comWalmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) Shares Sold by USS Investment Management LtdUSS Investment Management Ltd decreased its position in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 15.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 687,854 shares of the retailMay 21 at 7:06 AM | marketbeat.comIs Walmart Stock a Buy After Tough Tariff Talk?May 21 at 7:01 AM | fool.comWaverly Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Waverly Advisors LLC increased its stake in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 53.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 303,821 shares of the retailer's stock after acquiring an additional 1May 21 at 6:43 AM | marketbeat.comWesleyan Assurance Society Has $13.22 Million Stock Position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Wesleyan Assurance Society reduced its holdings in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 2.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 146,250 shares of the retailer's stock after selling 3,000 shares durinMay 21 at 6:42 AM | marketbeat.comZurich Insurance Group Ltd FI Purchases 17,388 Shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI raised its position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 0.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,767,066 shares of the retailer's stock after purchasing an additional 17May 21 at 6:01 AM | marketbeat.com4 factors that help explain why Walmart and Home Depot are sending opposite signals on price hikesMay 21 at 5:30 AM | businessinsider.comWalmart Responds To Trump's 'Eat The Tariff' Remark: '...Worked To Keep Our Prices As Low As Possible And We Won't Stop'May 21 at 4:53 AM | benzinga.comResearch Analysts Set Expectations for Walmart Q2 EarningsMay 21 at 4:03 AM | americanbankingnews.comWalmart (NYSE:WMT) Stock Price Down 0% After Insider SellingMay 21 at 2:54 AM | americanbankingnews.comCelebrity Chef Bobby Flay Explains Why Walmart (WMT) is His Top Pick – ’Upside Going to Continue’May 21 at 2:12 AM | msn.comJim Cramer Highlights Walmart Inc. (WMT)’s Price LeadershipMay 20 at 10:15 PM | insidermonkey.comInsider Selling: Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) EVP Sells 1,778 Shares of StockWalmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Get Free Report) EVP Daniel J. Bartlett sold 1,778 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.77, for a total transaction of $166,723.06. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 652,737 shares in the company, valued at approximately $61,207,148.49. The trade was a 0.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link.May 20 at 9:45 PM | marketbeat.comJim Cramer Highlights Walmart Inc. (WMT)’s Price LeadershipMay 20 at 9:10 PM | msn.comWall Street Has Mispriced This RiskMay 20 at 5:23 PM | investorplace.comWalmart Is Raising Prices. What Will Its Competitors Do?May 20 at 5:10 PM | investopedia.comWalmart (NYSE:WMT) Shares Down 0.6% - Time to Sell?Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Stock Price Down 0.6% - Here's WhyMay 20 at 4:22 PM | marketbeat.comTop Home Improvement Stocks Worth Watching - May 19thWalmart, Home Depot, Target, Lowe's Companies, Wayfair, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Allegion are the seven Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that manufacture, supply or retail productsMay 20 at 4:13 PM | marketbeat.comBest Ecommerce Stocks To Keep An Eye On - May 19thWalmart, Colgate-Palmolive, W.W. Grainger, GameStop, BellRing Brands, Regal Rexnord, and Post are the seven Ecommerce stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. 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Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business involves developing, pMay 20 at 4:13 PM | marketbeat.comPromising Toy Stocks To Watch Today - May 19thWalmart, Costco Wholesale, and Target are the three Toy stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Toy stocks are low‐priced, small‐cap equities that trade with limited volume and often lack strong underlying fundamentals. Because they’re inexpensive on a per‐share basisMay 20 at 4:13 PM | marketbeat.comBest Outdoor Stocks To Follow Today - May 19thWalmart, Lowe's Companies, CRH, Affirm, Deckers Outdoor, ON, and Kroger are the seven Outdoor stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Outdoor stocks are flowering annuals in the genus Matthiola—often called “summer” or “ten-week” stocks—cultivated in open garden beds oMay 20 at 4:13 PM | marketbeat.comApparel Stocks To Keep An Eye On - May 19thWalmart, Berkshire Hathaway, Costco Wholesale, Nordstrom, NIKE, PDD, and Target are the seven Apparel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Apparel stocks are the quantities of clothing items—categorized by style, size and color—that a retailer, wholesaler or manufacMay 20 at 2:03 PM | marketbeat.comWhy Walmart decided to say it would raise prices — and risk Trump's furyMay 20 at 12:46 PM | cnbc.comVictrix Investment Advisors Buys Shares of 42,139 Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Victrix Investment Advisors bought a new stake in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 42,139 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approxiMay 20 at 8:14 AM | marketbeat.comVident Advisory LLC Raises Holdings in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Vident Advisory LLC grew its position in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 78.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 508,776 shares of the retailer's stock after purchasing an additional 223,914 shares during tMay 20 at 7:56 AM | marketbeat.comSovereign s Capital Management LLC Makes New $488,000 Investment in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Sovereign s Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 5,400 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximatelMay 20 at 7:56 AM | marketbeat.comVista Cima Wealth Management LLC Makes New $253,000 Investment in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Vista Cima Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,804 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $253,000May 20 at 7:30 AM | marketbeat.comVivaldi Capital Management LP Increases Stock Holdings in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Vivaldi Capital Management LP lifted its position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 47.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,158 shares of the retailer's stock after purchasing an additional 6,May 20 at 7:29 AM | marketbeat.comWestwood Holdings Group Inc. Trims Holdings in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Westwood Holdings Group Inc. reduced its holdings in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 19.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,039,149 shares of the retailer's stock after sellingMay 20 at 7:07 AM | marketbeat.comWexford Capital LP Has $2.10 Million Holdings in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Wexford Capital LP cut its holdings in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT - Free Report) by 49.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,236 shares of the retailer's stock after selling 22,494May 20 at 7:06 AM | marketbeat.comTriglav Skladi D.O.O. Makes New $26.33 Million Investment in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)Triglav Skladi D.O.O. bought a new position in Walmart Inc. 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