Walmart Inc. $WMT Shares Sold by Investment Partners LTD.

Investment Partners LTD. reduced its stake in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) by 14.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,706 shares of the retailer’s stock after selling 3,275 shares during the quarter. Investment Partners LTD.’s holdings in Walmart were worth $1,927,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of WMT. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of Walmart by 28.8% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 98,150 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $8,868,000 after purchasing an additional 21,939 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Walmart by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,849 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $800,000 after purchasing an additional 485 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in Walmart by 134.5% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 363,831 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $31,941,000 after purchasing an additional 1,418,368 shares during the period. Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Walmart by 12.9% during the first quarter. Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,847 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 440 shares during the period. Finally, Bryn Mawr Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Walmart in the 1st quarter valued at $523,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Kathryn J. Mclay sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.75, for a total transaction of $431,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,044,455 shares in the company, valued at $112,540,026.25. The trade was a 0.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Daniel J. Bartlett sold 1,550 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.46, for a total transaction of $166,563.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 644,418 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $69,249,158.28. The trade was a 0.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 151,038 shares of company stock valued at $15,531,616. Corporate insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WMT has been the topic of several recent research reports. Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $111.00 target price (up from $110.00) on shares of Walmart in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. DA Davidson set a $117.00 target price on shares of Walmart in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Truist Financial decreased their price target on Walmart from $111.00 to $109.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 22nd. Finally, Tigress Financial upped their price target on Walmart from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $113.50.

Walmart Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WMT opened at $103.23 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $823.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.80, a PEG ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 0.67. Walmart Inc. has a one year low of $79.81 and a one year high of $109.57. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $103.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.79.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last posted 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). Walmart had a return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 3.08%.The company had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.02 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current year.

Walmart Company 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.