Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Walmart Q3 Earnings

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Walmart in a research report issued on Monday, November 11th. DA Davidson analyst M. Baker expects that the retailer will post earnings of $0.54 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $85.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Walmart’s current full-year earnings is $2.44 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Walmart’s FY2026 earnings at $2.68 EPS.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 15th. The retailer reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. Walmart had a net margin of 2.34% and a return on equity of 21.72%. The company had revenue of $169.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $168.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 earnings per share. Walmart’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

WMT has been the topic of a number of other reports. Truist Financial raised shares of Walmart from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $76.00 to $89.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $83.00 price target (up from $81.00) on shares of Walmart in a research report on Friday, August 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Walmart from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 16th. Roth Mkm lifted their target price on shares of Walmart from $71.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 16th. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Walmart from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $83.92.

Walmart Stock Down 0.7 %

WMT stock opened at $84.21 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.22 and a current ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market cap of $676.90 billion, a PE ratio of 43.86, a PEG ratio of 4.25 and a beta of 0.51. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $80.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $72.27. Walmart has a one year low of $49.85 and a one year high of $85.54.

Insider Buying and Selling at Walmart

In other Walmart news, EVP John R. Furner sold 13,125 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $82.96, for a total value of $1,088,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 593,040 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,198,598.40. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other Walmart news, EVP John R. Furner sold 13,125 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $82.96, for a total value of $1,088,850.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 593,040 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $49,198,598.40. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 2,375,563 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.96, for a total transaction of $182,823,328.48. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 619,646,544 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $47,687,998,026.24. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 12,337,337 shares of company stock valued at $958,823,647 in the last ninety days. 45.58% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Tradewinds LLC. boosted its position in Walmart by 1.3% during the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 108,796 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $8,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,432 shares during the last quarter. Cypress Capital Group grew its position in Walmart by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Cypress Capital Group now owns 138,938 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $11,219,000 after acquiring an additional 6,091 shares in the last quarter. King Luther Capital Management Corp grew its stake in Walmart by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. King Luther Capital Management Corp now owns 1,223,057 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $98,762,000 after purchasing an additional 12,737 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its holdings in shares of Walmart by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 168,419 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $13,600,000 after purchasing an additional 2,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stonebridge Financial Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Walmart by 28.7% in the 3rd quarter. Stonebridge Financial Planning Group LLC now owns 6,093 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $492,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

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.