Walmart Inc (WMT) recent activity suggests a positive outlook with the last week’s performance of -4.76%

On Monday, Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) opened lower -2.05% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $92.24. Price fluctuations for WMT have ranged from $51.30 to $96.18 over the past 52 weeks.

Annual sales at Consumer Defensive sector company grew by 4.75% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 11.92% at the time writing. With a float of $4.35 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $8.03 billion.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 2100000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.7%, operating margin of 4.27%, and the pretax margin is 3.99%.

Walmart Inc (WMT) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Discount Stores industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Walmart Inc is 45.84%, while institutional ownership is 35.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 20 ’24, was worth 1,120,800,000. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 16 ’24, when Company’s Executive Vice President sold 1,765 for $94.53, making the entire transaction worth $166,845. This insider now owns 453,758 shares in total.

Walmart Inc (WMT) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.65 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.92% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.48% during the next five years compared to 20.49% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Walmart Inc (WMT). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.23. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.08. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 42.69.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.44, a number that is poised to hit 0.64 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.76 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Walmart Inc (WMT)

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) saw its 5-day average volume 28.08 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 17.12 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.78%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.70.

During the past 100 days, Walmart Inc’s (WMT) raw stochastic average was set at 80.24%, which indicates a significant increase from 19.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.54% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.03% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $87.47, while its 200-day Moving Average is $73.08. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $91.60 in the near term. At $92.84, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $94.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $89.01, it is likely to go to the next support level at $87.66. The third support level lies at $86.42 if the price breaches the second support level.

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Key Stats

There are currently 8,033,386K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 725.82 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 648,125 M according to its annual income of 15,511 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 169,588 M and its income totaled 4,577 M.