Walmart Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 ($60.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($94.98)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WMT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WMT key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14x
PEG Ratio2.9x

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
47.6x7.5%US$323.4b
TGT Target
18.4x6.3%US$76.1b
DG Dollar General
18.8x7.2%US$31.2b
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings
19.5x5.3%US$10.2b
WMT Walmart
31.3x10.7%US$484.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WMT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) 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?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WMT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the US Consumer Retailing industry average (18.9x).


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 Ratio31.3x
Fair PE Ratio40.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WMT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.8x).


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$60.16
US$65.08
+8.2%
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$49.00n/a38
Nov ’24US$54.96
US$59.42
+8.1%
6.5%US$70.00US$48.33n/a38
Oct ’24US$53.31
US$59.17
+11.0%
6.4%US$70.00US$48.33n/a38
Sep ’24US$53.86
US$58.91
+9.4%
6.1%US$70.00US$48.33n/a38
Aug ’24US$53.04
US$56.76
+7.0%
5.8%US$70.00US$50.67n/a38
Jul ’24US$52.39
US$56.13
+7.1%
4.9%US$62.00US$48.33n/a38
Jun ’24US$49.14
US$55.33
+12.6%
4.8%US$60.00US$48.33n/a37
May ’24US$50.53
US$54.32
+7.5%
5.2%US$60.00US$48.00n/a38
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
Nov ’23US$47.23
US$50.81
+7.6%
6.0%US$56.67US$43.33US$54.9636
Oct ’23US$43.23
US$50.63
+17.1%
6.3%US$56.67US$43.33US$53.3136
Sep ’23US$44.83
US$50.51
+12.7%
6.6%US$56.67US$43.33US$53.8635
Aug ’23US$44.18
US$47.15
+6.7%
8.7%US$56.67US$36.67US$53.0434
Jul ’23US$40.88
US$51.26
+25.4%
8.5%US$60.00US$43.67US$52.3933
Jun ’23US$41.82
US$51.63
+23.5%
7.9%US$60.00US$43.67US$49.1433
May ’23US$51.00
US$55.15
+8.1%
7.2%US$63.33US$46.67US$50.5333
Apr ’23US$50.34
US$54.94
+9.1%
8.0%US$63.33US$45.33US$49.1533

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


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