Walmart Inc.

NYSE:WMT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$750.3b

Walmart Valuation

Is WMT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WMT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WMT ($92.24) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($101.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WMT is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WMT?

Key metric: As WMT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WMT. This is calculated by dividing WMT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WMT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio37.7x
EarningsUS$19.68b
Market CapUS$750.32b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WMT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WMT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.1x
COST Costco Wholesale
55.9x8.3%US$423.8b
TGT Target
13.8x4.5%US$59.8b
DG Dollar General
12.6x6.7%US$16.3b
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings
22.2x7.1%US$12.4b
WMT Walmart
37.7x9.8%US$750.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WMT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.7x) compared to the peer average (26.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WMT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Retailing Industry?

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WMT 37.7xIndustry Avg. 24.8xNo. of Companies4PE01632486480+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WMT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.7x) compared to the US Consumer Retailing industry average (24.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WMT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WMT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio37.7x
Fair PE Ratio43.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WMT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WMT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$92.24
US$98.48
+6.8%
9.2%US$115.00US$58.00n/a38
Dec ’25US$92.50
US$95.98
+3.8%
8.0%US$105.00US$58.00n/a38
Nov ’25US$82.19
US$85.02
+3.4%
8.6%US$98.00US$56.00n/a38
Oct ’25US$81.27
US$82.64
+1.7%
8.0%US$98.00US$56.00n/a37
Sep ’25US$77.23
US$79.96
+3.5%
6.5%US$86.00US$56.00n/a36
Aug ’25US$69.79
US$73.40
+5.2%
8.1%US$86.00US$52.00n/a36
Jul ’25US$67.48
US$72.13
+6.9%
7.1%US$81.00US$52.00n/a35
Jun ’25US$65.76
US$70.68
+7.5%
6.3%US$75.00US$52.00n/a36
May ’25US$58.85
US$65.08
+10.6%
6.3%US$75.00US$50.00n/a37
Apr ’25US$60.00
US$65.13
+8.6%
6.4%US$75.00US$50.00n/a37
Mar ’25US$58.76
US$65.07
+10.7%
6.4%US$76.00US$50.00n/a37
Feb ’25US$56.10
US$59.72
+6.4%
6.5%US$70.00US$49.00n/a37
Jan ’25US$52.55
US$59.55
+13.3%
6.5%US$70.00US$49.00n/a38
Dec ’24US$51.45
US$59.68
+16.0%
6.4%US$70.00US$49.00US$92.5038
Nov ’24US$54.96
US$59.42
+8.1%
6.5%US$70.00US$48.33US$82.1938
Oct ’24US$53.31
US$59.17
+11.0%
6.4%US$70.00US$48.33US$81.2738
Sep ’24US$53.86
US$58.91
+9.4%
6.1%US$70.00US$48.33US$77.2338
Aug ’24US$53.04
US$56.76
+7.0%
5.8%US$70.00US$50.67US$69.7938
Jul ’24US$52.39
US$56.13
+7.1%
4.9%US$62.00US$48.33US$67.4838
Jun ’24US$49.14
US$55.33
+12.6%
4.8%US$60.00US$48.33US$65.7637
May ’24US$50.53
US$54.32
+7.5%
5.2%US$60.00US$48.00US$58.8538
Apr ’24US$49.15
US$53.67
+9.2%
5.4%US$60.00US$48.00US$60.0037
Mar ’24US$46.72
US$53.65
+14.9%
5.4%US$60.00US$48.00US$58.7637
Feb ’24US$48.22
US$53.41
+10.8%
6.1%US$58.33US$44.33US$56.1036
Jan ’24US$47.26
US$53.45
+13.1%
6.4%US$58.33US$44.33US$52.5537
Dec ’23US$51.12
US$53.31
+4.3%
6.4%US$58.33US$44.33US$51.4536

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 22:46
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Walmart Inc. is covered by 85 analysts. 29 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Will ChienAccountability Research Corporation
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Daniela NedialkovaAtlantic Equities LLP