Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 23.43M but it saw 15742336 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 771.53B USD, the company’s current market price of $96.43 came falling about -1.40 while comparing to the previous closing price of $97.80. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $105.30 and as low as $64.16.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Mizuho which initiated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on April 11, 2025, recommending a price target of $105 for it. DZ Bank upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on February 25, 2025 while assigning a price target of $110. KeyBanc Capital Markets issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $96 and $100.

Over the week, WMT’s stock price is moving -0.41% down while it is 1.67% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 6.73% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 49.16%.

Currently, Walmart Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 8.02B with 45.66% of that held by the insiders while 36.07% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.54% and return on equity (ROE) at 22.80%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 41.32 while having a 33.00 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.69. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 8.50 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.13. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.29% on average.