Walmart Ownership

WMT Stock  USD 59.26  0.39  0.65%   
Walmart owns a total of 8.06 Billion outstanding shares. Walmart owns significant amount of outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a CEO, other corporate executive, director, or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. Since such a large part of the company is owned by insiders, it is advisable to analyze if each of these insiders have been buying or selling the stock in recent months. Note that regardless of who owns the company, if the true value of the entity is less than the market is willing to pay for it, you may not be able to generate positive returns over time.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-12-31
Previous Quarter
8.1 B
Current Value
8.1 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
11.7 B
Quarterly Volatility
B
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Walmart in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Walmart, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
Dividends Paid is likely to gain to about (5.8 B) in 2024. Dividend Yield is likely to drop to 0.01 in 2024. Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to gain to about 1.9 B in 2024, whereas Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop slightly above 13.3 B in 2024.
Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
  
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Walmart Stock Ownership Analysis

About 47.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by insiders. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.48. Walmart last dividend was issued on the 9th of May 2024. The entity had 3:1 split on the 26th of February 2024. Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, and other units worldwide. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart operates under Discount Stores classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 2300000 people. For more information please call John Furner at 479 273 4000 or visit https://corporate.walmart.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Walmart also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Walmart's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Walmart's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Walmart Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

252.4 Billion

Walmart Insider Trades History

About 47.0% of Walmart are currently held by insiders. Unlike Walmart's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Walmart's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Walmart's insider trades
 
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Walmart Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Walmart is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Walmart backward and forwards among themselves. Walmart's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Walmart's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Northern Trust Corp2023-12-31
14.2 M
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co2023-12-31
13.1 M
Ameriprise Financial Inc2023-12-31
13 M
Legal & General Group Plc2023-12-31
12.3 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2023-12-31
10.5 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2023-12-31
10.3 M
Fisher Asset Management, Llc2023-12-31
9.5 M
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2023-12-31
9.3 M
Amvescap Plc.2023-12-31
9.3 M
Vanguard Group Inc2023-12-31
137.5 M
Blackrock Inc2023-12-31
97.3 M
Note, although Walmart's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Walmart Outstanding Bonds

Walmart issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Walmart uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Walmart bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Walmart has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Walmart Corporate Filings

F4
11th of April 2024
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
28th of March 2024
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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27th of March 2024
Other Reports
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10K
15th of March 2024
Annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a company financial performance
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Is Walmart's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Walmart. If investors know Walmart will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Walmart listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.12)
Dividend Share
0.76
Earnings Share
1.91
Revenue Per Share
80.243
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.057
The market value of Walmart is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Walmart that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Walmart's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Walmart's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Walmart's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Walmart's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Walmart's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Walmart is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Walmart's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.