Walmart TodayWMTWalmart$97.35 -6.65 (-6.40%) 52-Week Range$57.60▼$105.30Dividend Yield0.85%P/E Ratio39.94Price Target$101.87Add to WatchlistWalmart's NYSE: WMT February price correction is a buying signal for long-term investors. The drop is due to slowing growth and tariff fears but does little to alter the long-term outlook for earnings, cash flow, equity gains, and capital return. While slower growth and tariffs are headwinds for retailers, consumers remain strong, and the business remains solid, leavin ...

Walmart on Thursday forecast sales and profit for the fiscal year ending January 2026 below Wall Street estimates, suggesting the world’s largest retailer expects inflation-weary consumers to pull back after several quarters of solid growth.Walmart shares, which had risen about 72% in 2024 and hit a record high of $105 last week, were down 6%. Shares of rival retailer Target were down 1.6%, with Amazon 0.9% lower.The company forecast adjusted earnings per share for the fiscal year ending January 2026 in the ...

Walmart on Thursday forecast sales and profit for its latest fiscal year below Wall Street estimates, suggesting the world’s largest retailer expects inflation-weary consumers to pull back after several quarters of solid growth.Walmart shares, which had risen about 72% in 2024 and hit a record high of $105 last week, were down 6% in early trading. Shares of its rival retailer Target were down 1.6%, with Amazon 0.9% lower.The news dragged down stock markets with all the major US indices falling in morning tr ...

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Recent years were marked by the unusually frequent phenomenon of a company underperforming expectations only to see its stock soar – with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) being the most notable example – or beating forecasts and achieving strong results only for its shares to plummet.The latest firm to suffer from such a stock market beating was the retail blue-chip Walmart (NYSE: WMT). Specifically, the chain announced it achieved a revenue of $180.55 billion – above the expected $180.01 billion – and earnings per sha ...

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) stock is 6.5% lower to trade at $97.27 at last glance, brushing off a fourth-quarter top- and bottom-line beat after blue-chip retailer also issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fiscal year. For the quarter, Walmart reported adjusted earnings per share of 66 cents on  at $180.55 billion in revenue.For 2026, Walmart forecasted earnings per share between $2.50 and $2.60, below analyst projections. The company also warned that it wouldn’t be “immune” to potential headwinds from p ...

ToplineWalmart shares headed toward their worst day in more than a year Thursday, knocking off billions from the net worths of the retail giant’s heirs, as the company issued a weaker forecast for 2025 than investors hoped — and the world’s largest firm by revenue cautioned about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on consumer prices.People wait for a Walmart store to open on Black Friday last year.AFP via Getty Images Key FactsWalmart stock fell more than 6.8% by 10 a.m. EST after the company de ...

ToplineWalmart shares headed toward one of their worst days in recent history Thursday, as the company issued a weaker forecast for 2025 than investors hoped – and the world’s largest company by revenue cautions about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on consumer prices.People wait for a Walmart store to open on Black Friday last year.AFP via Getty Images Key FactsWalmart stock fell nearly 7% in premarket trading by 8:50 a.m. EST after the company delivered its fourth-quarter earnings report ea ...

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Walmart on Thursday reported strong quarterly results, continuing to benefit from an increase in higher earners who were purchasing more groceries and discretionary items during the condensed holiday shopping period. The Arkansas-based retail giant continued to gain market share, especially from higher-income households as it added more than 150 key brands to its assortment over the past fiscal year and remodeled 650 stores. It remodeled 100 locations within the past three months.  The company behemoth repo ...