Walmart is a discount store company located in Arkansas, United States, which is part of the Consumer Defensive sector, and is traded under the ticker WMT on the NYSE exchange.
Walmart stock last closed at $101.15, down 1.65% from the previous day, and has increased 79.15% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Discount Stores industry by 0.57 percentage points. Walmart stock is currently +81.12% from its 52-week low of $55.85, and -1.9% from its 52-week high of $103.11.
As of Feb 7, 2025, there are 8.03B WMT shares outstanding. The market cap of WMT is $812.58B. In the last 24 hours, 12.41M WMT shares were traded.
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Out of 27 sell side analysts who monitor WMT, the consensus analyst rating on Walmart is a Strong Buy
Please keep in mind that analyst ratings are not recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Seth Sigman, a bottom 1% analyst from Barclays maintains WMT with a strong buy rating and raises their WMT price target from $90.00 to $98.00, on Jan 9, 2025.
Barclays's Seth Sigman raised their price target on Walmart (NYSE: WMT) by 8.9% from $90 to $98 on 2025/01/09. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
In a preview note on names in their Retail - Broadlines, Hardlines & Food portfolio, Sigman told readers that Barclays is now "more positive" on Retail in 2025 but is not expecting "recovery" growth.
The analyst explained that discretionary goods have not completed their exit from a period of negative demand and relative underperformance compared to GDP.
However, Sigman added that Barclays believes the group is "past the worst" and should return to growth through this year, subject to cyclical and structural constraints.
Corey Tarlowe, a top 23% analyst from Jefferies maintains WMT with a strong buy rating and raises their WMT price target from $105.00 to $111.00, on Dec 17, 2024.
Ivan Feinseth, a top 2% analyst from Tigress Financial maintains WMT with a buy rating and raises their WMT price target from $86.00 to $115.00, on Dec 13, 2024.
Bradley Thomas, a top 3% analyst from KeyBanc maintains WMT with a strong buy rating and raises their WMT price target from $96.00 to $100.00, on Dec 11, 2024.
Mark Astrachan, a top 9% analyst from Stifel Nicolaus maintains WMT with a hold rating and raises their WMT price target from $89.00 to $94.00, on Dec 10, 2024.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Walmart stock forecast page.
Last year, WMT earnings were $19.68B. During the past 5 year, WMT's earnings have grown by 7.75% per year. This was slower than the Discount Stores industry average of 10.13%.
Last year, WMT revenue was $673.82B. During the past five year, WMT's revenue has grown by 5.28% per year. This was slower than the Discount Stores industry average of 7.32%.
Learn more about WMT's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last year, insiders at WMT have sold more shares than they have bought.
John D. Rainey, Executive Vice President of WMT, was the latest WMT insider to sell. They sold $443,977.62 worth of WMT shares on Feb 3, 2025.
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Walmart pays a dividend of 0.82%, compared to the Discount Stores industry's average dividend yield of 1.87%. If you owned $1,000 of WMT stock, you would have received $8.21 in the past 12 months.
Walmart dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Find more data about Walmart dividend yield and history here.
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