Yarger Wealth Strategies LLC Purchases 390 Shares of Walmart Inc. $WMT

Yarger Wealth Strategies LLC grew its position in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) by 11.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,899 shares of the retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 390 shares during the period. Yarger Wealth Strategies LLC’s holdings in Walmart were worth $381,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Clarendon Private LLC raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 13.3% in the second quarter. Clarendon Private LLC now owns 3,940 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $385,000 after acquiring an additional 462 shares during the last quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 11.1% in the second quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC now owns 3,644 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $356,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Acorn Creek Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 4.5% in the second quarter. Acorn Creek Capital LLC now owns 3,632 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $355,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 2.4% in the second quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 26,435 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $2,585,000 after acquiring an additional 620 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alta Advisers Ltd raised its stake in shares of Walmart by 1.4% in the second quarter. Alta Advisers Ltd now owns 21,813 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $2,133,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Suresh Kumar sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.47, for a total value of $3,104,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 1,787,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $184,921,584. The trade was a 1.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 19,416 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.97, for a total transaction of $1,863,353.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 4,392,985 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $421,594,770.45. This trade represents a 0.44% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 149,488 shares of company stock worth $14,917,151 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WMT has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $118.00 target price on shares of Walmart in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Walmart from $111.00 to $109.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. Evercore ISI restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 price objective (up previously from $108.00) on shares of Walmart in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $111.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Thirty research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Walmart currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $112.38.

Walmart Price Performance

WMT opened at $102.04 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $101.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.79. Walmart Inc. has a 52 week low of $79.76 and a 52 week high of $106.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $813.51 billion, a PE ratio of 38.36, a P/E/G ratio of 4.80 and a beta of 0.67.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.06). Walmart had a return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 3.08%.The business had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. Walmart’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Walmart Company Profile

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.