Rollins Financial Advisors LLC Decreases Stake in Walmart Inc. $WMT

Rollins Financial Advisors LLC lessened its stake in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) by 30.0% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 5,125 shares of the retailer’s stock after selling 2,193 shares during the quarter. Rollins Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Walmart were worth $501,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. CSM Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Walmart by 1.6% in the second quarter. CSM Advisors LLC now owns 195,630 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $19,128,000 after buying an additional 3,175 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Walmart by 6.7% during the second quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 8,494,771 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $830,619,000 after buying an additional 535,019 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust increased its position in shares of Walmart by 11.4% in the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 64,170 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $6,275,000 after acquiring an additional 6,587 shares during the period. Freemont Management S.A. raised its stake in Walmart by 30.3% in the 2nd quarter. Freemont Management S.A. now owns 23,200 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $2,268,000 after acquiring an additional 5,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aviva PLC lifted its position in Walmart by 16.4% during the 2nd quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 3,833,720 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $374,861,000 after acquiring an additional 539,504 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on WMT shares. Mizuho restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $115.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Evercore ISI reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $111.00 price target (up previously from $110.00) on shares of Walmart in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $111.00 price target on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of Walmart from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $122.00 price objective (up previously from $110.00) on shares of Walmart in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Thirty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $113.40.

Walmart Stock Performance

WMT opened at $102.60 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $103.02 and a 200 day moving average price of $99.46. Walmart Inc. has a 1 year low of $79.81 and a 1 year high of $109.57. The stock has a market cap of $818.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.57, a P/E/G ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $169.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $174.02 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 3.08% and a return on equity of 21.45%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Kathryn J. Mclay sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.83, for a total value of $415,320.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,048,455 shares in the company, valued at $108,861,082.65. The trade was a 0.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 19,416 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.21, for a total value of $2,003,925.36. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 4,373,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $451,396,778.96. The trade was a 0.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 151,038 shares of company stock worth $15,531,616 in the last 90 days. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Walmart Profile

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.