Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 0.70 compared to its previous closing price of 91.30. However, the company has seen a fall of -1.14% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-01-19 that With Wall Street seemingly focused only on artificial intelligence and GLP-1 weight-loss drug stocks lately, it might surprise some of these investors to learn that Walmart (WMT 0.70%) was actually a solid growth stock in 2024. A look at its total return performance would show that it blew past the S&P 500 as well as many other popular growth stocks.
Is It Worth Investing in Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Right Now?
Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.76x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for WMT is 0.55. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 25 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 13 rating it as “overweight,” 3 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for WMT is 4.36B and currently, short sellers hold a 0.80% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of WMT on January 20, 2025 was 15.94M shares.
WMT’s Market Performance
The stock of Walmart Inc (WMT) has seen a -1.14% decrease in the past week, with a -3.09% drop in the past month, and a 13.20% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.43%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.59% for WMT. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.35% for WMT’s stock, with a simple moving average of 21.72% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of WMT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WMT stocks, with KeyBanc Capital Markets repeating the rating for WMT by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for WMT in the upcoming period, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets is $100 based on the research report published on December 11, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
DZ Bank, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WMT reach a price target of $91. The rating they have provided for WMT stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on November 21st, 2024.
Telsey Advisory Group gave a rating of “Outperform” to WMT, setting the target price at $100 in the report published on November 20th of the previous year.
WMT Trading at 1.55% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WMT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.41% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.59%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.43%, as shares sank -3.65% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +11.51% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, WMT fell by -1.14%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +55.41% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $91.62. In addition, Walmart Inc saw 1.76% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at WMT starting from Bartlett Daniel J, who sale 1,830 shares at the price of $91.07 back on Jan 15 ’25. After this action, Bartlett Daniel J now owns 460,705 shares of Walmart Inc, valued at $166,658 using the latest closing price.
Bartlett Daniel J, the Officer of Walmart Inc, proposed sale 1,830 shares at $91.07 during a trade that took place back on Jan 15 ’25, which means that Bartlett Daniel J is holding shares at $166,658 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WMT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.25 for the gross margin
The net margin for Walmart Inc stands at 0.03. The total capital return value is set at 0.18. Equity return is now at value 23.48, with 7.53 for asset returns.
Based on Walmart Inc (WMT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.41 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.64. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.7. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 11.2.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 38.87 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.35. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.17. The receivables turnover for the company is 67.12for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.56. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.85.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Walmart Inc (WMT) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
