Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is -2.80% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $58.56 and a high of $105.30 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WMT stock was last observed hovering at around $91.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.9%.
Currently trading at $87.82, the stock is -10.55% and -8.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 35.09 million and changing -4.25% at the moment leaves the stock 7.15% off its SMA200. WMT registered 44.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.11%.
The stock witnessed a -14.61% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.02%, and is -10.01% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.86% over the week and 2.37% over the month.
Walmart Inc (WMT) has around 2100000 employees, a market worth around $705.49B and $680.99B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 36.48 and Fwd P/E is 29.72. Profit margin for the company is 2.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.98% and -16.60% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.58%).
with sales reaching $164.8B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.04% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.04% in year-over-year returns.
Walmart Inc (WMT) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 8.03B, and float is at 4.36B with Short Float at 0.88%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 412.97 million shares valued at $27.96 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.1282% of the WMT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 296.91 million shares valued at $20.1 billion to account for 3.687 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 187.48 million shares representing 2.328% and valued at over $12.69 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.0534 of the shares totaling 84.83 million with a market value of $5.73 billion.
Walmart Inc (WMT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Walton Family Holdings Trust, the company’s 10% Owner. SEC filings show that Walton Family Holdings Trust sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 06 ’25 at a price of $96.05 per share for a total of $0.48 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 591.53 million shares.
Walmart Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 04 ’25 that Walton Family Holdings Trust (10% Owner) sold a total of 1,386,039 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 04 ’25 and was made at $95.24 per share for $132.0 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 592.81 million shares of the WMT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, Walton Family Holdings Trust (10% Owner) disposed off 1,272,422 shares at an average price of $96.01 for $122.17 million. The insider now directly holds 591,537,005 shares of Walmart Inc (WMT).
