Walmart (WMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

31 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" WMT shares.
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31 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walmart's stock. Their WMT share price targets range from $55.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $68.01 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price.
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Walmart's stock was trading at $52.55 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WMT shares have increased by 25.1% and is now trading at $65.76.
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Walmart saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 43,290,000 shares, an increase of 27.6% from the April 30th total of 33,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 15th 2024.
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 16th. The retailer reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.08. The retailer earned $161.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $159.57 billion. Walmart had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.57% and a net margin of 2.88%. The firm's revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share.
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Walmart declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 26th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.2075 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $0.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th.
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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.26%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WMT will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.68% 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 Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (FSTA), VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC), ProShares Ultra Consumer Staples (UGE), iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), PGIM Jennison Focused Value ETF (PJFV) and Simplify NEXT Intangible Core Index ETF (NXTI).

Walmart's stock split on the morning of Monday, February 26th 2024. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, January 30th 2024. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes 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 has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, November 15th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Walmart updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.62-0.65 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.64. The company issued revenue guidance of +3.5-4.5% yr/yr to $167.29-168.58 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $167.62 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.11%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.71%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.36%), Raymond James & Associates (0.17%), Swiss National Bank (0.17%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.16%). 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, S Robson Walton and Timothy Patrick Flynn.
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