In the last trading session, 15.59 million Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.68. With the company’s per share price at $97.80 changed hands at -$0.32 or -0.33% during last session, the market valuation stood at $782.49B. WMT’s last price was a discount, traded about -7.67% off its 52-week high of $105.30. The share price had its 52-week low at $63.87, which suggests the last value was 34.69% up since then.
Analysts gave the Walmart Inc (WMT) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.43. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 31 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended WMT as a Hold, 30 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) trade information
Instantly WMT was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 2.00%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 8.25%, with the 5-day performance at 2.00% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) is 5.83% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 110, meaning bulls need an upside of 11.09% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, WMT’s forecast low is 100 with 113 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -15.54% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -2.25% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 6.82%. The 2025 estimates are for Walmart Inc earnings to increase by 3.68%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 9.04% per year.
WMT Dividends
Walmart Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 0.90% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.89. It is important to note, however, that the 0.90% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
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Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 138.48 shares estimated at $13.54 billion under it, the former controlled 1.73% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 1.47% of the shares, roughly 117.5 shares worth around $11.49 billion.
