WalmartWMT
About: Walmart serves as a leading retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,600 stores in the United States (5,200 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 locations globally. Walmart generated over $460 billion in domestic namesake sales in fiscal 2025, with Sam's Club contributing another $90 billion to the company's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $120 billion in sales. The retailer serves around 270 million customers globally each week.
Employees: 2,100,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
668% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 553 | Existing positions closed: 72
29% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 190 [Q3] → 246 (+56) [Q4]
19% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $219B [Q3] → $262B (+$42.3B) [Q4]
12% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,413 [Q3] → 3,814 (+401) [Q4]
1.15% more ownership
Funds ownership: 33.9% [Q3] → 35.05% (+1.15%) [Q4]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,367 | Existing positions reduced: 1,450
16% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $6.18B | Put options by funds: $7.34B
Research analyst outlook
19 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
19 analyst ratings
Oppenheimer Rupesh Parikh 48% 1-year accuracy 14 / 29 met price target | 3%upside $100 | Outperform Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Raymond James Bobby Griffin 50% 1-year accuracy 5 / 10 met price target | 8%upside $105 | Outperform Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Mizuho David Belinger 100% 1-year accuracy 1 / 1 met price target | 8%upside $105 | Outperform Initiated | 11 Apr 2025 |
UBS Michael Lasser 53% 1-year accuracy 21 / 40 met price target | 13%upside $110 | Buy Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Steven Shemesh 57% 1-year accuracy 26 / 46 met price target | 5%upside $102 | Outperform Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 129 articles about WMT published over the past 30 days
