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WalmartWMT

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Bentonville, Arkansas · In the S&P 500
Pricier than peers
$123.51+1.86%After hours: $123.59 (+0.06%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 20.5% over 1 year
Walmart over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$110$120$130Nov2026MarMayJulSep$123.51$100$120NovMarJul$123.51
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$980B
Price to earnings44.8x
Forward P/E41.1x
Dividend yield0.80%
Year to date+10.9%
One year+20.5%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$100.61$134.20

Quality and valuation

How Walmart compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Walmart and 4 consumer staples merchandise retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: pricier than most

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced above most of them.

Walmart trades at 41.1 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +6.2% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 25.2% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 4.4% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 1.8% vs 10.3%
WMT trades at 41.1x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail peers
DG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xDG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 44.6x earnings, WMT is pricier than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
35x40xAverage 41.0x2025202644.6x40xAverage 41.0x2025202644.6x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Walmart's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Jul 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 5.9% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’27
$0bn$50bn$100bn$150bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$188bnQ2 ’27$0bn$100bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$188bnQ2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +5.9% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%4%6%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’265.9%Q2 ’270%2%5%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’265.9%Q2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 5.0% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’265.0%Q2 ’270%2%4%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’265.0%Q2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $13.5 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0bn$2bn$5bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$7.5bnQ2 ’27$0bn$5bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$7.5bnQ2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsWMTSector median
Revenue growth+6.2%+4.9%
Gross margin25.2%40.5%
Operating margin4.4%13.6%
Free cash flow margin1.8%10.3%
Price to earnings44.8x24.5x

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