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NYSE:WMT

Walmart Inc (WMT)

120.51
-0.53 (0.44%)
as of Jun 15, 2026, 8:23:06 pm Market Open.
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star iconJun 14, 2026, 12:00 am

This summary was created by AI, based on 20 opinions in the last 12 months.

Walmart Inc. (WMT) has garnered mixed reviews from experts. While several analysts acknowledge that Walmart remains a strong contender in the retail space, benefiting from market share growth and a successful transition to e-commerce, concerns regarding its current valuation persist, with many suggesting it is trading at historically high price-to-earnings (PE) ratios around 40x or higher. The company's recent earnings beat expectations, but future projections amid rising fuel costs evoke caution. Retail rival Costco (COST) also faces similar valuation challenges, leading analysts to advocate caution for investors considering new positions. Overall, while Walmart's business model is robust and it has transformed into a more pleasing shopping experience, the valuation remains a primary concern for many experts, making it a stock to watch carefully, especially if economic conditions shift.

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WMT-N vs. COST-Q. He likes both names. COST-Q has outperformed WMT-N this year. There will be continuing pressure from wages. He likes both going into 2022 and for 2023. He would lean toward COST-Q at this point.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Allan Tong’s Discover Picks Like all retailers including Target, Walmart faces the twin challenges of labour and supply shortages. These will eventually end, but will likely linger for for the rest of this year. Fruther, the tailwind of stimulus cheques from Washington has dried up. Then, there’s Amazon. The planet’s largest retailer plans to build brick-and-mortar stores. Though Walmart’s e-commerce service and numbers are improving, Amazon remains the online king and their move into Main Street poses a serious threat to Walmart as well as Target. However, let’s temper that by remembering that Amazon will open stores of less than a third of the floor space of Walmart’s and will open shops only in California and Ohio. Meanwhile, Walmart operates 11,500 locations in 28 countries. Also, there’s no guarantee that Amazon stores will thrive. Read Battle of 2 Retail Stocks: Target vs. Walmart for our full analysis.
BUY

It's still the world's biggest retailer despite Amazon. Wells Fargo upgraded it from hold to buy today. Low-end consumers are flush from the generous child tax credit. Walmart+ is intended to compete with Amazon Prime. Their relative underperformance (down for the year to date) creates opportunity. Today, WM broke out of a tight range and rose nearly 2% on that upgrade.

COMMENT
Is down 0.91% YTD. This is a lockdown retailers, reflecting the pessimism of investors when cases spike.
COMMENT
Wage inflation There are various reasons the stock has gone sideways. True, Their profitability and gross margins are improving. They're taking more e-commerce share and will win the food wars. However, their labour costs are serious and going up, so labour pressures are very real in the wider economy and will certainly be in the second half of 2021.
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Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly WMT is a conservative holding, offering some upside, and a defendable dividend backed by a payout ratio of 44% of cashflow. It trades at 22x earnings, compared to peers at 35x. A safe place to be. We would buy this with a stop loss at $115, with upside potential towards $160 -- over 11%. Yield 1.53% (Analysts’ price target is $159.38)
BUY

They report Tuesday. He's heard the company is doing well, but e-commerce execution is falling hopelessly behind Amazon with no chance to catch up. However, he can't confirm this, and he still thinks WMT is worth owning.

BUY
It's still down 11 points from its high, maybe because of stories of Walmart+ being weaker. It's run by a fine CEO and this stock will do a whole lot better as we reopen.
HOLD
Good long-term investment. E-commerce spending is starting to gain traction. Benefited from Covid, so future earnings growth may not be as good as other companies.
BUY
WMT is now in seasonality. It'll also benefit from selling home improvement products as people will continue to spruce up their homes. The current housing boom fuels this. It's an ideal hybrid stock, because people go here to get jabbed. Hybrid means it's a lockdown as well as reopening play. He expects market upgrades.
BUY

Last week, analyst Larry Williams advised buying Walmart and Costco before Easter, because both tend to do well this time of year. the stocks moved up, though remember that these are "essential retailers" so their move up came at the expense of the non-essential stores. We're robbing Peter to pay Paul. Both have been punished recently for being unfashionable lockdown stocks and both deserve to be your in your portfolio.

WATCH
One of the misunderstood benefits could be its online e-commerce offering, and selling online ads to the Walmart site. As a way to leverage e-commerce, this is one of the unknowns for the next 5-10 years. It's on his radar. Trades above the market multiple. Has done well through the pandemic.
WATCH

Last mile delivery is on everyone's mind and a key component for the consumer. Walmart's in the hunt to do that. In that arena, if he had to choose between AMZN and WMT, he'd choose AMZN. It's coming from a position of power, whereas WMT is old school, bricks and mortar mentality.

BUY

How consumers will spend their latest stimulus cheques, just passed A lot of past stimulus cheques went to Target and Walmart where people did a lot of shopping, and it will happen this time around. He also expects big-ticket sales like cars.

PARTIAL BUY
Allan Tong’s Discover Picks Walmart also boasts strong e-commerce. Though its brand loyalty isn’t as celebrated as Costco’s, its Walmart+ loyalty program is already a hit, since launching last September. The street projects 25% upside to $162.47 based on 18 buys, three holds and one sell for Walmart stock. Walmart stock’s PE is actually lower than Costco’s at 27.4x, though its cash flow stands at $8.74 per share. However, Walmart missed its last quarter, and got punished. Read Battle of the Stocks: 2021 Consumer Staples Stocks for our full analysis.
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