Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
Walmart Inc. WMT
$104.26 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $829.71B
Next earnings report: Nov 19, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.6%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $735.84B, up 6.2% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth56Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Quality66Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 19%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
- Interest coverTop 29%
Value25Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Momentum46Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
- 6-month returnBottom 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Revisions67Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 36%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Stability74Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 27%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.9% | 6.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.8% | 4.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 25.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 4.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 1.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.2% | 5.9% | ↑ | Top 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.1% | 21.8% | ↓ | Top 45% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 24.9% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.2% | ↑ | Bottom 39% |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 3.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.8% | 2.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | — | Top 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.3% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.94×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.45×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 13.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.93%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.84%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.77%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $128.84
- Target vs current price
- +23.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 66
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | +9.2% | -9.2% | -8.7% | -6.6% | — |
| May 21, 2026 | +0.2% | -7.3% | -9.1% | -10.4% | -12.6% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +1.8% | -1.4% | -0.7% | -3.7% | +4.6% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | +3.2% | +6.5% | +8.4% | +14.1% | +25.9% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | -7.2% | -4.5% | -6.3% | +1.0% | -0.0% |
| May 15, 2025 | +6.1% | -0.5% | -0.4% | -2.1% | +7.3% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +2.2% | -6.5% | -7.5% | -17.0% | -7.4% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | +9.4% | +3.0% | +6.4% | +13.5% | +23.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.74 | +9.2% | $187.94B |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.66 | $0.66 | +0.2% | $177.75B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.73 | +1.8% | $190.66B |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.60 | +3.2% | $179.50B |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.73 | -7.2% | $177.40B |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.58 | +6.1% | $165.61B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.65 | +2.2% | $180.55B |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $0.58 | $0.53 | +9.4% | $169.60B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 37.6× | 36.5× | 57th | Bottom 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 36.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.8× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| EV / Sales | 1.21× | — | — | Top 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.63% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | 2.66% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 25.9× – 48.1× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +4.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +2.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.9%
- RSI (14)
- 40.1
- Relative volume
- 1.04×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.55
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 | -26.0% | 40 days | 278 days (Jul 28, 2023) |
| May 19, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | -23.5% | 69 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -22.1% | 37 days | 130 days (Oct 14, 2025) |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -16.5% | 64 days | 276 days (Apr 6, 2022) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 | -11.1% | 16 days | 39 days (Feb 6, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $829.71B
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.77
- Revenue (TTM)
- $735.84B
- Dividend yield
- 1.17%
- 52-week range
- $98.88 – $135.16
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $572.75B | $611.29B | $648.13B | $680.99B | $713.16B |
| Gross profit | $143.75B | $147.57B | $157.98B | $169.23B | $177.77B |
| Operating income | $25.94B | $20.43B | $27.01B | $29.35B | $29.82B |
| Net income | $13.67B | $11.68B | $15.51B | $19.44B | $21.89B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.62 | $1.42 | $1.91 | $2.41 | $2.73 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $169.59B | $180.55B | $165.61B | $177.40B | $179.50B | $190.66B | $177.75B | $187.94B |
| Net income | $4.58B | $5.25B | $4.49B | $7.03B | $6.14B | $4.24B | $5.33B | $6.37B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.57 | $0.65 | $0.56 | $0.88 | $0.77 | $0.53 | $0.67 | $0.80 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $24.18B | $28.84B | $35.73B | $36.44B | $41.56B |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.11B | -$16.86B | -$20.61B | -$23.78B | -$26.64B |
| Free cash flow | $11.07B | $11.98B | $15.12B | $12.66B | $14.92B |
| Dividends paid | -$6.15B | -$6.11B | -$6.14B | -$6.69B | -$7.51B |
| Net share buybacks | -$9.79B | -$9.92B | -$2.78B | -$4.49B | -$8.09B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $11.53B
- Total assets
- $293.91B
- Total liabilities
- $189.41B
- Total debt
- $73.75B
- Net debt
- $62.23B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $98.24B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2026 | $0.25 | Jan 4, 2027 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.25 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.25 | May 26, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.25 | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.24 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.24 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.24 | May 27, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.24 | Apr 7, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 80,590,071
- Days to cover
- 3.89
- Change vs previous report
- -5.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 26, 2024
- 3-for-1
- Apr 20, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Feb 26, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Jul 9, 1990
- 2-for-1
- Jul 13, 1987
- 2-for-1