Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) has a beta value of 0.69 and has seen 2.59 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $769.49B, closed the recent trade at $20400000.0 per share which meant it gained $20399903.88 on the day or 2593485% during that session. The WMT stock price is 100.0% off its 52-week high price of $105.30 and 100.0% above the 52-week low of $66.55. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 16.11 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 20.40 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Walmart Inc (WMT) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.38. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 31 have rated it as a Hold, with 30 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.73.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) trade information
Over the past 30 days, the shares of Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) have changed -0.01%. Short interest in the company has seen 41.51 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.2.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $111, which means that the shares’ value could drop -18378278.38% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $110.0 while the price target rests at a high of $113.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is 100.0% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 100.0% from the levels at last check today..
Walmart Inc (WMT) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 1.05% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 3.86%.
22 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 174.09B for the current quarter. 22 have an estimated revenue figure of 174.25B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 167.77B and 168B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 3.77% for the current quarter and 3.86% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 6.82% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 3.72% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 8.92%.
WMT Dividends
Walmart Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-15 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.89 at a share yield of 0.92%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 1.41%.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT)’s Major holders
Insiders own 45.45% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 36.22% with a share float percentage of 66.40%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Walmart Inc having a total of 4704.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 412.97 million shares worth more than $27.96 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 5.1339% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 296.91 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $20.1 billion and represent 3.6911% of shares outstanding.
