Walmart (NYSE:WMT) issues Q3 2025 earnings guidance

Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Your Free Report ) issued an update on its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2025 on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.510-0.520 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of EPS of 0.540. The company issued a revenue estimate of $163.2 billion to $164.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $167.1 billion. Walmart also upgraded its FY 2025 guidance to 2,350-2,430 EPS.

Analyst upgrades and downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Walmart from $63.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 7th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Walmart from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Friday. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on Walmart from $75.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Walmart from $77.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Walmart from $71.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Monday, July 1st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average price target of $74.78, according to data from MarketBeat.

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Walmart price performance

NYSE:WMT opened at $73.18 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.80, and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Walmart has a 52 week low of $49.85 and a 52 week high of $74.44. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $68.71 and its 200-day moving average price is $63.19. The stock has a market cap of $588.63 billion, a PE ratio of 31.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.95 and a beta of 0.50.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Your Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 15th. The retailer reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $169.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $168.56 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 21.57% and a net margin of 2.88%. Walmart’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. In the same quarter last year, the company posted earnings of $0.61 per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Walmart will post 2.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider buying and selling

In other Walmart news, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 1,132,123 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.02, for a total transaction of $73,610,637.46. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 647,371,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,092,120,157.76. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC’s website. In related news, Director Timothy Patrick Flynn sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.82, for a total transaction of $1,944,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 144,807 shares in the company, valued at $9,386,389.74. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC’s website. Also, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 1,132,123 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.02, for a total value of $73,610,637.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 647,371,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,092,120,157.76. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 11,000,613 shares of company stock valued at $725,932,010. 45.58% of shares are held by corporate insiders.

Walmart Company Profile

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Walmart Inc engages in retail, wholesale, other facilities and e-commerce operations worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart US, Walmart International and Sam’s Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores and discount stores under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; members-only deposit clubs; e-commerce sites such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.

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