Walmart (WMT) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Posted by Brenda Bartman on Apr 11th, 2025

Walmart logo Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Walmart (NYSE: WMT):

4/10/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $107.00 to $102.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
4/10/2025 – Walmart had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group. They now have a $115.00 price target on the stock.
4/10/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $112.00 to $110.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/9/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $93.00 to $91.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
4/8/2025 – Walmart was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
4/7/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from $110.00 to $95.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
3/26/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc..
3/20/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $99.00 to $93.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
3/17/2025 – Walmart was downgraded by analysts at Erste Group Bank AG from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
3/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $107.00 to $100.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC.
2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group.
2/28/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
2/25/2025 – Walmart was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $110.00 price target on the stock.
2/24/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Guggenheim. They now have a $100.00 price target on the stock.
2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at KeyCorp from $100.00 to $105.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $109.00 to $107.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
2/21/2025 – Walmart had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group. They now have a $115.00 price target on the stock.
2/21/2025 – Walmart had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $113.00 to $112.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
2/21/2025 – Walmart had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Roth Mkm. They now have a $108.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $97.00.
2/20/2025 – Walmart had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
2/18/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $93.00 to $118.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
2/18/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $100.00 to $115.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
2/14/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $98.00 to $108.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
2/13/2025 – Walmart had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $115.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $106.00.
2/12/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group from $105.00 to $115.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
2/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $98.00 to $111.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
2/11/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $98.00 to $120.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
2/10/2025 – Walmart had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $97.00 to $112.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Walmart Stock Performance

Shares of WMT stock opened at $90.86 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $92.59 and a 200-day moving average of $89.80. Walmart Inc. has a one year low of $58.56 and a one year high of $105.30. The company has a market cap of $728.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.70, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.69.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The retailer reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $180.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $178.83 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 2.85% and a return on equity of 21.87%. Equities research analysts forecast that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Walmart Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 5th. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th will be issued a $0.235 dividend. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 12th. Walmart’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 39.00%.

Insider Activity at Walmart

In other Walmart news, EVP John D. Rainey sold 2,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.66, for a total value of $195,052.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 398,024 shares in the company, valued at $35,288,807.84. The trade was a 0.55 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 29,124 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.62, for a total transaction of $2,697,464.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 3,766,491 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $348,852,396.42. The trade was a 0.77 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 178,852 shares of company stock worth $16,785,080. 45.58% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WMT. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Walmart by 14.9% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 6,235,504 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $503,517,000 after buying an additional 809,352 shares during the period. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Walmart by 31.9% in the third quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 11,716 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $946,000 after acquiring an additional 2,831 shares during the period. TCW Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Walmart by 140.1% in the third quarter. TCW Group Inc. now owns 151,115 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $12,203,000 after purchasing an additional 88,177 shares in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Walmart in the third quarter valued at $541,000. Finally, SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 9,052 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $731,000 after purchasing an additional 364 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.