WalmartWMT
About: Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,600 stores in the United States (5,200 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 locations globally. Walmart generated over $440 billion in domestic namesake sales in fiscal 2024, with Sam's Club contributing another $86 billion to the company's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $115 billion in sales. The retailer serves around 240 million customers globally each week.
Employees: 2,100,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
606% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 494 | Existing positions closed: 70
26% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 189 [Q3] → 239 (+50) [Q4]
18% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $224B [Q3] → $263B (+$39.3B) [Q4]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,404 [Q3] → 3,644 (+240) [Q4]
0.55% more ownership
Funds ownership: 34.37% [Q3] → 34.92% (+0.55%) [Q4]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,322 | Existing positions reduced: 1,403
16% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $6.16B | Put options by funds: $7.3B
Research analyst outlook
19 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
19 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Steven Shemesh 69% 1-year accuracy 35 / 51 met price target | 13%upside $107 | Outperform Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
UBS Michael Lasser 67% 1-year accuracy 26 / 39 met price target | 18%upside $112 | Buy Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Roth MKM Bill Kirk 41% 1-year accuracy 7 / 17 met price target | 14%upside $108 | Buy Reiterated | 21 Feb 2025 |
Keybanc John Vinh 45% 1-year accuracy 23 / 51 met price target | 11%upside $105 | Overweight Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Piper Sandler Peter Keith 55% 1-year accuracy 26 / 47 met price target | 20%upside $114 | Overweight Reiterated | 21 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 177 articles about WMT published over the past 30 days
