Walmart operates roughly 10,500 stores worldwide, including Sam's Club warehouses, with groceries generating most of its US volume. Higher-margin sidelines now matter: Walmart Connect advertising, marketplace seller fees, and Walmart+ memberships sit on top of the core discount retail engine.
Walmart Inc. (WMT) is a retail-variety stores company. Piotroski F-Score 5/7. 48 insider Form 4 filings in the last 90 days. Next earnings projected around 2026-08-20 from WMT's year-over-year reporting pattern (not yet company-confirmed). Fundamentals from SEC filings; prices are end-of-day.
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Walmart has paid a dividend since 1974 and raised it every single year since — roughly half a century of consecutive increases.
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EOD daily bars · delayed, not real-time · data: DatabentoCharting by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
XBRL company facts, SEC EDGAR. TTM = last four reported quarters. Valuation ratios arrive with a price source — we don't fake quotes.
FY ending 2026-01-31 vs 2025-01-31. original 1968 formula; calibrated on manufacturers, read financials/REITs with care
A plain-English read on WMT plus an auto-SWOT — built from WMT's SEC filings and market data, every point cited, nothing invented. Educational, not investment advice.
Four AI analysts — a bull, a bear, a risk manager, and a PM — debate WMT using only the SEC-filing and market facts below. Every point cites its evidence; nothing is invented. This is educational research, not investment advice.
Educational only — not financial advice. Data from SEC EDGAR public filings; no live market data is shown. Figures reflect the company's own reported XBRL facts and may lag.
| Company | Stake value | % of company owned |
|---|---|---|
| SYMBOTIC INCSYM | $798.0M | — |
| KLARNA GROUP PLCKLAR | $31.4M | 0.64% |
| GREEN DOT CORPGDOT | $10.9M | 1.7% |
Long US equity positions from WMT's own 13F-HR (SEC), reported quarterly and lagged up to 45 days. “% of company owned” = reported shares ÷ that company's latest shares outstanding.
| Bartlett Daniel JExecutive Vice President | SELL | $414K | view → |
| Nicholas Christopher JamesExecutive Vice President | SELL | $343K | view → |
| Walton Family Holdings Trust10% owner | SELL | $535.8M | view → |
| Bartlett Daniel JExecutive Vice President | SELL | $166K | view → |
| Guggina David WExecutive Vice President | SELL | $1.4M | view → |
Projected from WMT's own SEC 8-K filing history — the year-over-year reporting pattern (~50% land the exact day, ~90% within a week). No analyst estimates, no scraped calendars, nothing invented. It upgrades to a confirmed date + time the moment WMT files its announcement.
WMT's earnings reaction has been evenly split — 4 up, 4 down across its last 8 reports.
Earnings reactions have been moderate.
A more typical earnings reaction has been approximately ±5.1%.
Realized close-to-close history only — no options-implied move, no analyst estimates.
| Reported | Close-to-close |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | -8.1% |
| 2026-02-19 | -2.9% |
| 2025-11-20 | +4.7% |
| 2025-08-21 | -5.6% |
| 2025-05-15 | +1.5% |
| 2025-02-20 | -8.9% |
| 2024-11-19 |
Earnings dates are the company's 8-K Item 2.02 filings (SEC). Reactions from Databento EOD.
| +3.7% |
| 2024-08-15 | +7.0% |
| Fisher Asset Management (Ken Fisher) | $5.09B | 1.7% of portfolio |
| Gates Foundation Trust (Bill Gates) | $1.04B | 3.3% of portfolio |
| Jefferies Financial Group | $78.5M | 0.5% of portfolio |
| Rohit KhannaU.S. Representative · CA-17 | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 | filed 2026-07-06 |