Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Releases Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.510-0.520 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $163.2 billion-$164.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $167.1 billion. Walmart also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.350-2.430 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Walmart from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a report on Saturday, July 27th. DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Walmart from $69.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Friday, May 17th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Walmart from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Monday, June 10th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Walmart from $75.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an overweight rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Walmart from $71.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Monday, July 1st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $72.99.

Walmart Stock Performance

NYSE WMT opened at $68.61 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $551.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 0.50. 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 twelve month low of $49.85 and a twelve month high of $71.33. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $68.58 and a 200-day moving average price of $63.12.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last released 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 net margin of 2.88% and a return on equity of 21.57%. Walmart’s revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Walmart will post 2.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Walmart news, Director S Robson Walton sold 3,540,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.55, for a total transaction of $228,523,137.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 648,504,011 shares in the company, valued at $41,860,933,910.05. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In related news, Director S Robson Walton sold 3,540,250 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.55, for a total value of $228,523,137.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 648,504,011 shares in the company, valued at approximately $41,860,933,910.05. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Timothy Patrick Flynn sold 30,000 shares of the company’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 transaction, the director now owns 144,807 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,386,389.74. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 14,540,863 shares of company stock valued at $954,455,147. 45.58% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.