Market Cap
US$337.5b
Last Updated
2019/12/08 23:45 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
Walmart Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale operations in various formats worldwide.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Established dividend payer with acceptable track record.
Similar Companies
Share Price & News
How has Walmart's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: WMT has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0.6%
WMT
0.07%
US Consumer Retailing
0.3%
US Market
1 Year Return
28.5%
WMT
18.7%
US Consumer Retailing
18.5%
US Market
Return vs Industry: WMT exceeded the US Consumer Retailing industry which returned 18.7% over the past year.
Return vs Market: WMT exceeded the US Market which returned 18.5% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| WMT | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 0.6% | 0.07% | 0.3% |
| 30 Day | 0.3% | 0.01% | 1.5% |
| 90 Day | 3.0% | 2.7% | 5.7% |
| 1 Year | 31.1%28.5% | 21.0%18.7% | 21.1%18.5% |
| 3 Year | 83.1%70.9% | 50.2%40.7% | 45.9%36.4% |
| 5 Year | 62.0%42.9% | 55.4%38.5% | 71.4%52.5% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Walmart's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
1 week ago | Simply Wall St
Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) Passed Our Checks, And It's About To Pay A US$0.53 Dividend2 weeks ago | Simply Wall St
This Insider Has Just Sold Shares In Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)3 weeks ago | Simply Wall St
Why Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) Looks Like A Quality CompanyValuation
Is Walmart undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
24.1%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: WMT ($119.78) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($157.84)
Significantly Below Fair Value: WMT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: WMT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (23.8x) compared to the Consumer Retailing industry average (22.4x).
PE vs Market: WMT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (23.8x) compared to the US market (18.5x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: WMT is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (6.9x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: WMT is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (4.8x) compared to the US Consumer Retailing industry average (2.3x).
Next Steps
Future Growth
How is Walmart forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 21 analysts?
3.4%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: WMT's forecast earnings growth (3.4% per year) is above the savings rate (1.7%).
Earnings vs Market: WMT's earnings (3.4% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (14.2% per year).
High Growth Earnings: WMT's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: WMT's revenue (3% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (7.4% per year).
High Growth Revenue: WMT's revenue (3% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: WMT's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (18.2%).
Next Steps
Past Performance
How has Walmart performed over the past 5 years?
-13.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: WMT has a large one-off loss of $8.5B impacting its October 31 2019 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: WMT's current net profit margins (2.8%) are higher than last year (1%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: WMT's earnings have declined by -13.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: WMT's earnings growth over the past year (179.7%) exceeds its 5-year average (-13.1% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: WMT earnings growth over the past year (179.7%) exceeded the Consumer Retailing industry -20.1%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: WMT's Return on Equity (18.8%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
Next Steps
Financial Health
How is Walmart's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: WMT's short term assets ($67.9B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($83.8B).
Long Term Liabilities: WMT's short term assets ($67.9B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($77.7B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: WMT's debt to equity ratio (68.9%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: WMT's debt to equity ratio has increased from 62.7% to 68.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: WMT's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (46.3%).
Interest Coverage: WMT's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (8.9x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: WMT has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: WMT's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 1.3x debt).
Next Steps
Dividend
What is Walmart's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
1.77%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: WMT's dividend (1.77%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.42%).
High Dividend: WMT's dividend (1.77%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.7%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: WMT's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: WMT's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (41.9%), WMT's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: WMT's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be well covered by earnings (45.9% payout ratio).
Next Steps
Management
What is the CEO of Walmart's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
2.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Doug McMillon (53yo)
5.8yrs
Tenure
US$23,618,233
Compensation
Mr. C. Douglas McMillon, also known as Doug, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Walmart Inc. (formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) since February 1, 2014. He is Chief Executive Offic ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Doug's total compensation ($USD23.62M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD11.01M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Doug's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Management Age and Tenure
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
51yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: WMT's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Age and Tenure
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
54.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: WMT's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: WMT insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 8,300 |
| Max Price | US$119.21 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 5,902 |
| Max Price | US$119.18 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Accounting Officer Senior VP & Controller |
| Shares | 3,680 |
| Max Price | US$115.38 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 7,900 |
| Max Price | US$114.72 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Shares | 3,000 |
| Max Price | US$109.14 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 841,920 |
| Max Price | US$101.44 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 2,129,150 |
| Max Price | US$102.21 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 2,447,587 |
| Max Price | US$101.55 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 4,243 |
| Max Price | US$100.19 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 10,000 |
| Max Price | US$101.82 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 792,038 |
| Max Price | US$97.62 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Accounting Officer Senior VP & Controller |
| Shares | 2,000 |
| Max Price | US$97.17 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 2,751,360 |
| Max Price | US$98.42 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 2,168,768 |
| Max Price | US$99.20 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 1,649,023 |
| Max Price | US$99.54 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 664,328 |
| Max Price | US$98.54 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 2,488,625 |
| Max Price | US$99.22 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 1,614,118 |
| Max Price | US$99.02 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 1,437,489 |
| Max Price | US$100.09 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 1,855,869 |
| Max Price | US$101.97 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive VP |
| Shares | 10,427 |
| Max Price | US$101.81 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Shares | 980 |
| Max Price | US$99.03 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 734,950 |
| Max Price | US$93.11 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 500,500 |
| Max Price | US$92.29 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 500 |
| Max Price | US$92.00 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 724,886 |
| Max Price | US$93.01 |
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Management Team
Greg Foran (58yo)
Executive Vice President
- Tenure: 5.3yrs
- Compensation: US$13.49m
Doug McMillon (53yo)
President
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$23.62m
Daniel Binder
Vice President of Investor Relations
- Tenure: 1.4yrs
David Chojnowski (49yo)
Senior VP & Controller
- Tenure: 2.9yrs
Judith McKenna (52yo)
Executive VP
- Tenure: 1.8yrs
- Compensation: US$12.92m
M. Biggs (51yo)
Executive VP & CFO
- Tenure: 3.9yrs
- Compensation: US$9.42m
Daniel Trujillo
Executive VP
- Tenure: 0.9yrs
John Furner (44yo)
Executive VP
- Tenure: 6.9yrs
- Compensation: US$9.29m
Rachel Brand (45yo)
Executive VP of Global Governance
- Tenure: 1.3yrs
Suresh Kumar
Chief Technology Officer
- Tenure: 0.6yrs
Board Members
Tom Horton (57yo)
Lead Independent Director
- Tenure: 1.5yrs
- Compensation: US$369.04k
Steve Reinemund (71yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 9.9yrs
- Compensation: US$296.63k
Rob Walton (74yo)
Director
- Tenure: 41.9yrs
- Compensation: US$272.39k
Greg Penner (50yo)
Chairman
- Tenure: 4.5yrs
- Compensation: US$490.79k
Tim Flynn (62yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 7.4yrs
- Compensation: US$387.14k
Doug McMillon (53yo)
President
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$23.62m
Sarah Friar (46yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 1.8yrs
- Compensation: US$361.67k
Marissa Mayer (44yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 7.9yrs
- Compensation: US$270.81k
Carla Harris (56yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 2.5yrs
- Compensation: US$270.74k
Steuart Walton (37yo)
Director
- Tenure: 3.5yrs
- Compensation: US$282.53k
Company Information
Walmart Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Walmart Inc.
- Ticker: WMT
- Exchange: NYSE
- Founded: 1945
- Industry: Hypermarkets and Super Centers
- Sector: Consumer Retailing
- Market Cap: US$337.531b
- Shares outstanding: 2.84b
- Website: https://www.stock.walmart.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Walmart Inc.
- 702 SW 8th Street
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- 72716
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT | XTRA (XETRA Trading Platform) | Yes | Common Shares | DE | EUR | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | US | USD | Apr 1972 |
| WMT-U | ETLX (Eurotlx) | Yes | Common Shares | IT | EUR | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Shares | DE | EUR | Apr 1972 |
| WMT * | BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) | Yes | Common Shares | MX | MXN | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | SWX (SIX Swiss Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | CH | CHF | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | BVL (Bolsa de Valores de Lima) | Yes | Common Shares | PE | USD | Apr 1972 |
| 0R1W | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | GB | USD | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | SNSE (Santiago Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | CL | USD | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | BVC (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia) | Yes | Common Shares | CO | COP | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | WBAG (Wiener Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Shares | AT | EUR | Apr 1972 |
| WMT | BASE (Buenos Aires Stock Exchange) | CEDEARS 3 REP 1 COM USD0.10 | AR | ARS | Jul 2001 | |
| WALM34 | BOVESPA (Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo) | BDR REPR 1/4 COM STK NPV | BR | BRL | Dec 2011 |
Biography
Walmart Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale operations in various formats worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates super ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2019/12/08 23:45 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2019/12/06 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/10/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/01/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.