# Walmart Inc. Common Stock (WMT) — Stock CV

Walmart Inc. is a $883B consumer staples company. Revenue grew 6.2% over the last year, it keeps 3¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~2.3 years of free cash flow. It trades at 40.8× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

> Since its founding in 1962, Walmart has become the world's largest retailer, operating over 10,700 stores globally (including 4,600 namesake locations on its home turf and another 600 Sam's Club outlets) and growing its e-commerce presence, attracting 270 million customers weekly.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: WMT
- **Sector**: Consumer Defensive
- **Industry**: Discount Stores
- **Headquarters**: BENTONVILLE, AR
- **Employees**: 2 100 000
- **Website**: https://stock.walmart.com
- **Market cap**: $883B
- **Last price**: $111.28
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $736B
- **Net income**: $22.1B
- **Free cash flow**: $13.5B
- **Net debt**: $30.5B
- **P/E**: 40.8
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 6.2%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 54 |
| Growth | 64 |
| Profitability | 51 |
| Health | 43 |
| Quality | 87 |
| Moat | 68 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +6.2% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $22.1B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +24.2% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $13.5B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~2.3y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $883B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -6.1% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 11/11 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 31/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.85%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 40.8

## Experience (career milestones)

- **2026** — Walmart became the first traditional retailer to be valued at over $1 trillion and is known for…
- **FY2026** — Best year on record: $21.9B net income
- **2024** — Walmart announced a new service to transport goods from Asia to U.S
- **2024** — Walmart acquired Vizio for $2.3 billion with the intention to expand its advertising sales in…
- **2020** — Walmart launched a new service, Carrier Pickup
- **Feb 26, 2019** — Walmart announced that it had acquired Tel Aviv-based product review start-up Aspectiva for an…
- **FY2018** — Revenue crossed $500B: $500B for the year
- **Sep 29, 2017** — Walmart acquired Parcel, a same-day and last-mile delivery company in Brooklyn
- **Aug 8, 2016** — Walmart announced a deal to acquire e-commerce website Jet.com for US$3.3 billion
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 11 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $100B: $482B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 11-year streak
- **Nov 14, 2012** — Walmart launched its first mail subscription service called Goodies
- **2000** — Became the largest private employer: over a million employees — "associates"
- **1991** — Went international: first store outside the US, in Mexico City
- **1983** — Sam's Club: the membership warehouse format
- **Oct 1, 1970** — IPO: went public at $16.50 — listed on the NYSE two years later
- **Jul 2, 1962** — First Wal-Mart opens: Sam Walton's discount store in Rogers, Arkansas

## Strengths

- Interest covered 90.0× by operating earnings
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 18.2%)
- Piotroski F-Score 7/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | $573B | $13.7B | $11.1B |
| FY2023 | $611B | $11.7B | $12.0B |
| FY2024 | $648B | $15.5B | $15.1B |
| FY2025 | $681B | $19.4B | $12.7B |
| FY2026 | $713B | $21.9B | $14.9B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/WMT — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.