Walmart Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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 WMTD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WMTD (€89.81) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€101.11)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WMTD 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 WMTD?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WMTD. This is calculated by dividing WMTD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WMTD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio37.8x
EarningsUS$19.68b
Market CapUS$744.53b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WMTD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30x
COST Costco Wholesale
56x8.4%US$425.6b
TSCO Tesco
13x1.5%UK£24.7b
MKS Marks and Spencer Group
15.3x9.3%UK£7.7b
SBRY J Sainsbury
35.9x20.6%UK£6.3b
WMTD Walmart
37.8x9.8%€744.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WMTD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.8x) compared to the peer average (30.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies9PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WMTD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.8x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WMTD'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.

WMTD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio37.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WMTD's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 WMTD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
€94.63
0%
9.2%€110.50€55.73n/a38
Dec ’25€87.31
€90.70
+3.9%
8.0%€99.23€54.81n/a38
Nov ’25€74.76
€78.17
+4.6%
8.6%€90.10€51.49n/a38
Oct ’25n/a
€74.22
0%
8.0%€88.01€50.29n/a37
Sep ’25€69.22
€71.64
+3.5%
6.5%€77.05€50.17n/a36
Aug ’25€63.86
€67.82
+6.2%
8.1%€79.46€48.04n/a36
Jul ’25n/a
€67.18
0%
7.1%€75.44€48.43n/a35
Jun ’25n/a
€65.08
0%
6.3%€69.05€47.88n/a36
May ’25€56.01
€61.24
+9.3%
6.3%€70.58€47.06n/a37
Apr ’25€55.77
€60.16
+7.9%
6.4%€69.28€46.19n/a37
Mar ’25€55.01
€60.04
+9.2%
6.4%€70.13€46.14n/a37
Feb ’25€51.72
€55.27
+6.9%
6.5%€64.79€45.35n/a37
Jan ’25n/a
€54.55
0%
6.5%€64.12€44.88n/a38
Dec ’24€47.20
€54.40
+15.2%
6.4%€63.80€44.66€87.3138
Nov ’24n/a
€56.10
0%
6.5%€66.09€45.63€74.7638
Oct ’24n/a
€55.87
0%
6.4%€66.09€45.64n/a38
Sep ’24€48.95
€54.32
+11.0%
6.1%€64.54€44.56€69.2238
Aug ’24€48.17
€51.62
+7.2%
5.8%€63.66€46.08€63.8638
Jul ’24n/a
€51.53
0%
4.9%€56.92€44.37n/a38
Jun ’24€45.40
€51.62
+13.7%
4.8%€55.99€45.10n/a37
May ’24€45.63
€49.51
+8.5%
5.2%€54.69€43.75€56.0138
Apr ’24€44.49
€49.21
+10.6%
5.4%€55.01€44.01€55.7737
Mar ’24n/a
€50.62
0%
5.4%€56.60€45.28€55.0137
Feb ’24n/a
€48.62
0%
6.1%€53.10€40.36€51.7236
Jan ’24n/a
€50.39
0%
6.4%€55.00€41.80n/a37
Dec ’23n/a
€50.65
0%
6.4%€55.42€42.12€47.2036

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 Analysis2024/12/26 02:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/13 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

Data Sources

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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