Walmart Inc [NYSE: WMT] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.52% on Friday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 1.51%.
Over the last 12 months, WMT stock rose by 51.00%. The one-year Walmart Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 5.03. The average equity rating for WMT stock is currently 1.41, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
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The market cap for the stock reached $653.59 billion, with 8.05 billion shares outstanding and 4.35 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 16.40M shares, WMT stock reached a trading volume of 12219163 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Walmart Inc [WMT]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WMT shares is $85.62 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WMT stock is a recommendation set at 1.41. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Oppenheimer have made an estimate for Walmart Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on October 14, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Telsey Advisory Group raised their target price from $82 to $92. The new note on the price target was released on October 08, 2024, representing the official price target for Walmart Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $76 to $89, while Truist kept a Buy rating on WMT stock. On August 16, 2024, analysts increased their price target for WMT shares from 75 to 82.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Walmart Inc is set at 1.10, with the Price to Sales ratio for WMT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.98. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.74, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.10. Price to Free Cash Flow for WMT in the course of the last twelve months was 54.53 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.22.
WMT Stock Performance Analysis:
Walmart Inc [WMT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.51. With this latest performance, WMT shares gained by 4.19% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 36.59% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 51.00% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for WMT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 59.55, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 59.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 60.65 for Walmart Inc [WMT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 77.71, while it was recorded at 81.07 for the last single week of trading, and 65.89 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Walmart Inc Fundamentals:
Walmart Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.22 and a Current Ratio set at 0.80.
WMT Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for WMT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Walmart Inc go to 9.00%.
Walmart Inc [WMT] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $35.07%, or 65.40%% of WMT stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WMT stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 412.97 million shares, which is approximately 5.1282%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 296.91 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$20.1 billion in WMT stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$12.69 billion in WMT stock with ownership which is approximately 2.328%.
