Walmart Inc. (WMT) Stock

About Walmart Inc.

Walmart Inc. is led by CEO John R. Furner, employs 2,100,000 people, headquartered in Bentonville, US, publicly traded since 1972.

Walmart Inc. (WMT) stock trades at $110.56 with a market capitalization of $879.85B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 38.98, price-to-book of 8.74, price-to-sales of 1.17. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $98.88 and $135.16, and currently trades 18.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.92%.

On profitability, Walmart Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 22.74% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 18.11%, an operating margin of 4.16%, a net profit margin of 3.00%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Walmart Inc. reported annual revenue of $713.2B, net profit of $21.9B, revenue has compounded at 5.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 10.1% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 0.77, total assets of $284.7B, $10.7B in cash and equivalents.

WMT has a beta of 0.59 (less volatile than the overall market).