Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Free Report) issued an update to its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings guidance of $0.510-$0.520 per share for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.540 per share. The company provided revenue guidance of $163.2 billion-$164.8 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $167.1 billion. Walmart also updated its fiscal year 2025 guidance to $2.350-$2.430 per share.
Wall Street analysts comment
Several analysts have recently commented on WMT shares. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Walmart from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Friday, May 17. Raymond James increased their price target on shares of Walmart from $63.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a report on Friday, May 17. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Walmart from $64.00 to $76.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Walmart from $75.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an overweight rating in a report on Friday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised its price target on Walmart shares from $73.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a Buy rating in a report on Friday. Three research analysts have rated the stock a Hold, 26 have rated it a Buy and one has given it a Strong Buy rating. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $77.79.
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Price development of Walmart shares
WMT stock opened at $73.45 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The company has a market cap of $590.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.43, a PEG ratio of 3.95 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a 50-day moving average of $68.86 and a 200-day moving average of $63.32. Walmart has a 12-month low of $49.85 and a 12-month high of $74.44.
Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 15. The retailer reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.67 for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $169.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $168.56 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 2.88% and a return on equity of 21.57%. The company’s quarterly revenue grew 4.7% compared to the year-ago quarter. In the year-ago quarter, the company posted earnings per share of $0.61. Overall, sell-side analysts expect Walmart to report earnings per share of $2.43 for the current year.
Insider activities at Walmart
In other news, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 3,633,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 10. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.80, for a total value of $242,737,840.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 636,898,811 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,544,840,574.80. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In other news, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 3,633,800 shares of Walmart’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 10. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.80, for a total value of $242,737,840.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 636,898,811 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,544,840,574.80. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available on the SEC’s website. Also, Director Timothy Patrick Flynn sold 30,000 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 21. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.82, for a total value of $1,944,600.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 144,807 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,386,389.74. The disclosure regarding this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 11,000,613 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $725,932,010. 45.58% of the shares are owned by company insiders.
Walmart Company Profile
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Walmart Inc. operates retail, wholesale, other business and e-commerce businesses worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart US, Walmart International and Sam’s Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash-and-carry stores and discount stores under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; members-only warehouse clubs; e-commerce websites such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other websites; and mobile commerce applications.
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