Walmart Stock Future Price Prediction

WMT Stock  USD 144.17  2.37  1.67%   
Walmart stock price prediction is an act of determining the future value of Walmart shares using few different conventional methods such as EPS estimation, analyst consensus, or fundamental intrinsic valuation. The successful prediction of Walmart's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Walmart and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Walmart's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Walmart, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed.
Check out Walmart Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections. For more information on how to buy Walmart Stock please use our How to Invest in Walmart guide.
  
It is a matter of debate whether stock price prediction based on information in financial news can generate a strong buy or sell signal. We use our internally-built news screening methodology to estimate the value of Walmart based on different types of headlines from major news networks to social media. The Walmart stock price prediction module provides an analysis of price elasticity to changes in media outlook on Walmart over a specific investment horizon.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.809
EPS Estimate Current Year
6.08
EPS Estimate Next Year
6.5
Wall Street Target Price
162.17
EPS Estimate Current Quarter
1.51
Using Walmart hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Walmart from the perspective of Walmart response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Walmart using Walmart's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Walmart using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Walmart's stock price.
Walmart Return on Investment is comparatively stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Walmart reported Return on Investment of 16.51 in 2022. Quick Ratio is likely to gain to 0.18 in 2023, whereas Cash Flow Per Share is likely to drop 9.36 in 2023.

Walmart Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Walmart's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Walmart. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Walmart stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall. An investor who is long Walmart may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Walmart and may potentially protect profits, hedge Walmart with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
137.1573
Short Percent
0.0072
Short Ratio
1.36
Shares Short Prior Month
12.5 M
50 Day MA
141.7858

Walmart Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Walmart's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with investment in Walmart. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Walmart can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Walmart. Please note that most equiteis that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Walmart's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Walmart.

Walmart Implied Volatility

    
  19.8  
Walmart's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Walmart stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Walmart's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Walmart stock will not fluctuate a lot when Walmart's options are near their expiration.
This module is based on analyzing investor sentiment around taking a position in Walmart. This speculative approach is based exclusively on the idea that markets are driven by emotions such as investor fear and greed. The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Walmart to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Walmart because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Walmart after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 141.79  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Walmart contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Walmart will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 1.24% per day over the life of the 2023-03-31 option contract. With Walmart trading at USD144.17, that is roughly USD1.78. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Walmart's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Walmart options at the current volatility level of 19.8%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, frequently view the market will even out over time. This tendency of Walmart's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy. Please use the tools below to analyze the current value of Walmart in the context of predictive analytics.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowReal ValueHigh
127.62151.89152.90
Details
29 Analysts
Consensus
LowTarget PriceHigh
140.00162.09180.00
Details
Earnings
Estimates (13)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.251.301.38
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Walmart. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Walmart's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Walmart's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy towards taking a position in Walmart.

Walmart After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Walmart at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Walmart or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Walmart, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Walmart Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Walmart's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Walmart's historical news coverage. Walmart's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 140.78 and 142.80, respectively. We have considered Walmart's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value 144.17
140.78
Downside
141.79
After-hype Price
142.80
Upside
Walmart is very steady asset. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Walmart is based on 3 months time horizon.

Walmart Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a company 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. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Walmart, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
 0.02  1.02   0.02   0.00  5 Events / Month5 Events / MonthIn about 5 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
144.17141.790.01 
91.07  

Walmart Hype Timeline

On the 27th of March Walmart is traded for 144.17. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.02 and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. Walmart is expected to decline in value after the next headline with the price expected to drop to 141.79. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 91.07%. The price depreciation on the next newsis expected to be -0.01% whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.02%. The volatility of related hype on Walmart is about 472.85% with expected price after next announcement by competition of 144.17. About 48.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by insiders. The company last dividend was issued on the 4th of May 2023. Walmart had 2:1 split on the 20th of April 1999. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next expected press release will be in about 5 days.
Check out Walmart Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections. For more information on how to buy Walmart Stock please use our How to Invest in Walmart guide.

Walmart Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Walmart's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Walmart's future price movements. Getting to know how Walmart rivals react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Walmart may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.

Walmart Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Walmart price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Walmart using various technical indicators. When you analyze Walmart charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Walmart Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Walmart stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Walmart, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Walmart based on analysis of Walmart hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Walmart's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Walmart's related companies.
 2020 2023 (projected)
Long Term Debt to Equity0.560.6
Interest Coverage10.2812.28

Story Coverage note for Walmart

The number of cover stories for Walmart depends on current market conditions and Walmart's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Walmart is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Walmart's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Walmart Short Properties

Walmart's future price predictability will typically decrease when Walmart's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Walmart often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Walmart's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Walmart's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding2.7 B
Cash And Short Term Investments8.9 B
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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
0.809
Dividend Share
2.24
Earnings Share
4.31
Revenue Per Share
224.409
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.073
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 Walmart value 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.