Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is -3.20% 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 $85.35 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.11%.
Currently trading at $87.46, the stock is -6.73% and -8.30% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 26.27 million and changing 2.47% at the moment leaves the stock 6.04% off its SMA200. WMT registered 42.72% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.79%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $95.3772 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $82.47875.
The stock witnessed a -16.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.90%, and is -0.41% 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 2.90% over the week and 2.67% over the month.
Walmart Inc (WMT) has around 2100000 employees, a market worth around $702.60B and $680.99B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 36.33 and Fwd P/E is 29.62. Profit margin for the company is 2.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.36% and -16.94% 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 4.92% 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
4645.0 institutions hold shares in Walmart Inc (WMT), with institutional investors hold 65.79% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 8.03B, and float is at 4.36B with Short Float at 0.92%. Institutions hold 35.76% of the Float.
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
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Walmart Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 14 ’25 that Walton Family Holdings Trust (10% Owner) sold a total of 6,203,547 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 14 ’25 and was made at $85.05 per share for $527.61 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 582.52 million shares of the WMT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 14 ’25, Builders Initiative Foundation (Other: Stockholder) Proposed Sale 1,168,000 shares at an average price of $84.50 for $98.7 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Walmart Inc (WMT).
