Blankinship & Foster LLC Makes New $233,000 Investment in Walmart Inc. $WMT

Blankinship & Foster LLC bought a new stake in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,380 shares of the retailer’s stock, valued at approximately $233,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake 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 buying an additional 21,939 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in Walmart by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,849 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $800,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in Walmart by 134.5% during the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 363,831 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $31,941,000 after acquiring an additional 1,418,368 shares during the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. raised its position in Walmart by 13.8% during the first quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 5,050 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $443,000 after acquiring an additional 612 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nwam LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Walmart by 3.8% in the first quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 22,482 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $1,974,000 after purchasing an additional 825 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WMT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Walmart in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $129.00 price objective for the company. DA Davidson set a $117.00 price target on Walmart in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $117.00 price objective on Walmart and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $118.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research report on Friday. Finally, Tigress Financial upped their target price on shares of Walmart from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Thirty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $113.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Walmart

In other Walmart news, EVP Kathryn J. Mclay sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.75, for a total transaction of $431,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,044,455 shares in the company, valued at $112,540,026.25. This represents 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 hyperlink. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 19,416 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.18, for a total value of $2,081,006.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 4,354,162 shares in the company, valued at $466,679,083.16. This represents a 0.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 149,383 shares of company stock worth $15,365,487. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Walmart Price Performance

WMT opened at $102.43 on Friday. Walmart Inc. has a 1 year low of $79.81 and a 1 year high of $109.57. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $103.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $99.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $816.68 billion, a PE ratio of 38.51, 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 quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.79.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.02 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 3.08%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current year.

About Walmart

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.