Walmart (WMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

31 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walmart in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" WMT shares.
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31 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Walmart's stock. Their WMT share price targets range from $157.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $179.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $157.65 at the start of the year. Since then, WMT stock has increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $169.28.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 20th 2024.
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Walmart will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 20th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 16th. The retailer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.53. The retailer had revenue of $160.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $159.65 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.20% and a net margin of 2.55%. The company's revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.50 EPS.
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Walmart announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Tuesday, September 5th. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 10th.
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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 37.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WMT will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Walmart (NYSE:WMT) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum ETF (AMOM), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (FSTA), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC), iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), PGIM Jennison Focused Value ETF (PJFV), Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS) and iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI).

Shares of Walmart split on the morning of Monday, February 26th 2024. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, January 30th 2024. The newly minted shares will be distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, February 26th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Walmart declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, November 15th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Walmart updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of 6.40-6.48 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.50. The company issued revenue guidance of +5.0-5.5% yr/yr to $641.6-644.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $642.32 billion.

8,426 employees have rated Walmart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon on Glassdoor.com. Doug McMillon has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees. 57.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Walmart to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walmart investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Walmart's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Norges Bank (0.87%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.39%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.35%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.19%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Alice L Walton, Alice L Walton, Bernhard E Spiess, Bradley D Owens, C Douglas Mcmillon, Daniel J Bartlett, David Chojnowski, Jim C Walton, Jim C Walton, John D Rainey, John R Furner, Judith J Mckenna, M Brett Biggs, Rachel L Brand, Randall L Stephenson and S Robson Walton.
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Shares of WMT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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