On Monday, Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) opened higher 1.75% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $101.15. Price fluctuations for WMT have ranged from $55.85 to $103.11 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 5.48%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 12.15% at the time writing. With a float of $4.33 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $8.03 billion.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts 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 Activity
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 46.10%, while institutional ownership is 35.40%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 03 ’25, was worth 3,754,234. In this transaction Executive Vice President of this company sold 38,000 shares at a rate of $98.80, taking the stock ownership to the 257,281 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 03 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 80,400 for $98.16, making the entire transaction worth $7,892,064.
Walmart Inc (WMT) Earnings and Forecasts
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 12.15% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.84% 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 1.23. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 48.63.
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 2.77 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Walmart Inc (WMT)
Looking closely at Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT), its last 5-days average volume was 14.39 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 15.16 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 88.52%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.66.
During the past 100 days, Walmart Inc’s (WMT) raw stochastic average was set at 99.26%, which indicates a significant increase from 98.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.13% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 17.70% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $94.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $78.42. However, in the short run, Walmart Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $103.48. Second resistance stands at $104.05. The third major resistance level sits at $105.16. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $101.80, it is likely to go to the next support level at $100.69. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $100.12.
Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Key Stats
There are currently 8,033,386K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 826.80 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.
