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Walmart (WMT) Stock Moves -1.12%: What You Should Know
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Walmart (WMT - Free Report) closed at $127.72 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.12% move from the prior day. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 4.36%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 3.44%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 5.52%.
The world's largest retailer's stock has climbed by 19.42% in the past month, exceeding the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 11.64% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.38%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Walmart in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on November 19, 2026. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $0.64, indicating a 3.23% growth compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $186.46 billion, up 3.88% from the year-ago period.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $2.88 per share and revenue of $751.5 billion, indicating changes of +9.09% and +6.89%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Walmart should also be noted by investors. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.05% rise in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Walmart is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Walmart currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 44.92. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 14.46, so one might conclude that Walmart is trading at a premium comparatively.
We can additionally observe that WMT currently boasts a PEG ratio of 4.67. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. By the end of yesterday's trading, the Retail - Supermarkets industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.21.
The Retail - Supermarkets industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 228, which puts it in the bottom 8% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.
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Walmart (WMT) Stock Moves -1.12%: What You Should Know
Walmart (WMT - Free Report) closed at $127.72 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.12% move from the prior day. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 4.36%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 3.44%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 5.52%.
The world's largest retailer's stock has climbed by 19.42% in the past month, exceeding the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 11.64% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.38%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Walmart in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on November 19, 2026. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $0.64, indicating a 3.23% growth compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $186.46 billion, up 3.88% from the year-ago period.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $2.88 per share and revenue of $751.5 billion, indicating changes of +9.09% and +6.89%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Walmart should also be noted by investors. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.05% rise in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Walmart is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Walmart currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 44.92. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 14.46, so one might conclude that Walmart is trading at a premium comparatively.
We can additionally observe that WMT currently boasts a PEG ratio of 4.67. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. By the end of yesterday's trading, the Retail - Supermarkets industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.21.
The Retail - Supermarkets industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 228, which puts it in the bottom 8% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.