Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Walmart (WMT)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Walmart (NYSE: WMT):

• 3/20/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $99.00 to $93.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 3/17/2025 – Walmart was downgraded by analysts at Erste Group Bank AG from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 3/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $107.00 to $100.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC.
• 2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group.
• 2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 2/25/2025 – Walmart was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $110.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/24/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Guggenheim. They now have a $100.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at KeyCorp from $100.00 to $105.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $109.00 to $107.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Walmart had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group. They now have a $115.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $113.00 to $112.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Roth Mkm. They now have a $108.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $97.00.
• 2/20/2025 – Walmart had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 2/18/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $93.00 to $118.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/18/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $100.00 to $115.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $98.00 to $108.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Walmart had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $115.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $106.00.
• 2/12/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group from $105.00 to $115.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $98.00 to $111.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $98.00 to $120.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/10/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $97.00 to $112.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/5/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from $100.00 to $110.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/3/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $100.00 to $108.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $100.00 to $113.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $100.00 to $106.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Walmart Stock Performance

WMT stock traded up $0.13 on Friday, hitting $85.94. The company had a trading volume of 26,766,982 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,956,904. Walmart Inc. has a 12-month low of $58.56 and a 12-month high of $105.30. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.89. The stock has a market cap of $688.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.66, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.53.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The retailer reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $180.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $178.83 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 2.85% and a return on equity of 21.87%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Walmart Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.235 per share. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 12th. Walmart’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Insider Transactions at Walmart

In related news, EVP Daniel J. Bartlett sold 1,600 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.99, for a total transaction of $166,384.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 423,597 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,049,852.03. The trade was a 0.38 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 29,124 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.35, for a total transaction of $2,689,601.40. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 3,785,702 shares in the company, valued at approximately $349,609,579.70. This trade represents a 0.76 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 189,777 shares of company stock worth $18,001,116 in the last 90 days. 45.58% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Walmart by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 422,736,888 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $38,194,278,000 after acquiring an additional 2,050,683 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Walmart by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 90,635,238 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $8,167,186,000 after acquiring an additional 3,017,829 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Walmart in the 4th quarter valued at $5,737,355,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in Walmart by 12.9% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 63,135,639 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $5,098,203,000 after acquiring an additional 7,200,004 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Walmart by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 48,793,045 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $4,408,452,000 after acquiring an additional 1,133,201 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.