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Unveiling the Truths About Walmart

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Walmart has logged a 0.1% change today on a trading volume of 7,392,916. The average volume for the stock is 16,538,973.

Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail and wholesale stores and clubs, eCommerce websites, and mobile applications worldwide. Based in Bentonville, United States the company has 2,100,000 full time employees and a market cap of $855,580,606,464. Walmart currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.8% per year.

The company is now trading -6.02% away from its average analyst target price of $114.08 per share. The 40 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $60.0 to $129.0, and on average give Walmart a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, WMT stock has risen 13.8%, which amounts to a 2.2% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $109.58 whereas its 52 week low is $79.81 per share. With its net margins declining an average -0.9% over the last 6 years, Walmart may not have a strong enough profitability trend to support its stock price.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2024 680,985,000 19,436,000 3 50.0
2023 648,125,000 15,511,000 2 0.0
2022 611,289,000 11,680,000 2 0.0
2021 572,754,000 13,673,000 2 0.0
2020 559,151,000 13,510,000 2 -33.33
2019 523,964,000 14,881,000 3
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