WalmartWMT
About: Walmart is 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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
14% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 191 | Existing positions closed: 167
0.7% less ownership
Funds ownership: 35.09% [Q4 2024] → 34.39% (-0.7%) [Q1 2025]
4% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,576 | Existing positions reduced: 1,636
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 3,843 [Q4 2024] → 3,772 (-71) [Q1 2025]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $262B [Q4 2024] → $242B (-$20.1B) [Q1 2025]
11% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.23B | Put options by funds: $5.87B
15% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 246 [Q4 2024] → 210 (-36) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
12 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
12 analyst ratings
Mizuho David Belinger | 22%upside $115 | Outperform Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
RBC Capital Steven Shemesh | 9%upside $103 | Outperform Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
Keybanc Bradley Thomas | 16%upside $110 | Overweight Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
Telsey Advisory Group Joseph Feldman | 22%upside $115 | Outperform Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Greg Melich | 13%upside $107 | Outperform Maintained | 4 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 156 articles about WMT published over the past 30 days
