New Analyst Forecast: $WMT Given 'Hold' Rating

We just received data on a new analyst forecast for $WMT. Raymond James gave a rating of 'Hold' for $WMT.

$WMT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $WMT in the last several months. We have seen 14 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Oppenheimer issued a "Outperform" rating on 05/01/2025
Telsey Advisory issued a "Outperform" rating on 05/01/2025
Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/28/2025
UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 02/28/2025
Citigroup issued a "Positive" rating on 02/20/2025
Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/07/2025
BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/18/2024

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $WMT, check out Quiver Quantitative's $WMT forecast page.

$WMT Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $WMT recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $WMT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $99.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Michael Lasser from UBS set a target price of $113.0 on 01/31/2025
Bradley Thomas from KeyBanc set a target price of $100.0 on 12/11/2024
Steven Shemesh from RBC Capital set a target price of $105.0 on 12/09/2024
Scot Ciccarelli from Truist Financial set a target price of $98.0 on 11/19/2024
Arun Sundaram from CFRA set a target price of $96.0 on 11/19/2024
Peter Keith from Piper Sandler set a target price of $93.0 on 11/18/2024

$WMT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $WMT stock 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 9 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WMT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE DINGELL purchased up to $50,000 on 03/27.
REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 03/20.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 7 times. They made 7 purchases worth up to $105,000 on 03/17, 03/11, 02/03, 01/22, 12/20, 12/19, 12/18 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 01/17.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

$WMT Insider Trading Activity

$WMT insiders have traded $WMT stock on the open market 48 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 47 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WMT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

FAMILY HOLDINGS TRUST WALTON has made 0 purchases and 17 sales selling 18,661,244 shares for an estimated $1,697,104,334.
C DOUGLAS MCMILLON (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 174,744 shares for an estimated $16,111,082.
RACHEL L BRAND (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 83,861 shares for an estimated $8,137,181.
JOHN R. FURNER (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 52,500 shares for an estimated $4,904,943.
JOHN D RAINEY (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 46,200 shares for an estimated $4,473,064.
CHRISTOPHER JAMES NICHOLAS (Executive Vice President) sold 17,600 shares for an estimated $1,661,851
DANIEL J BARTLETT (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 10,880 shares for an estimated $999,288.
KATHRYN J. MCLAY (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 8,000 shares for an estimated $717,800.
DAVID CHOJNOWSKI (Senior Vice President) sold 5,600 shares for an estimated $512,125
ROBERT EDWARD JR. MORITZ purchased 5,446 shares for an estimated $499,997

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

$WMT Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 1,671 institutional investors add shares of $WMT stock to their portfolio, and 1,653 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 23,369,467 shares (+73.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,111,431,343
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC removed 8,182,096 shares (-24.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $739,252,373
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC added 6,860,189 shares (+37.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $619,818,076
BOSTON PARTNERS removed 6,642,542 shares (-98.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $600,153,669
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 6,375,278 shares (-12.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $576,006,367
NORGES BANK removed 5,893,956 shares (-8.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $532,518,924
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC removed 4,780,844 shares (-10.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $431,949,255

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

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