Walmart
Walmart sells groceries, household essentials, clothing, electronics, and general merchandise through its retail stores and e-commerce platforms. Its U.S. retail business, particularly e-commerce growth, advertising revenue, and operating margins, is a key area analysts focus on.
沃尔玛(Walmart)通过实体门店和电子商务平台销售食品、日用品、服装、电子产品及各类商品。其美国零售业务,尤其是电子商务增长、广告收入和营业利润率,是分析师重点关注的领域。
Every figure on this page is tipranks’s, read on 2026-10-27 and linked below.
SmartChecker Walmart Forecast
The forecast in short
tipranks records 31 analyst ratings on Walmart and summarises them as “Strong Buy”. Their average 12-month price target is USD 129.19 (7.40% Upside). Its tipranks score is 9 out of 10 — Outperform. These are tipranks’s figures as SmartChecker read them on 2026-10-27, not SmartChecker’s own view, and nothing here is advice to buy or sell.
Market cap
USD 954.35 B
≈ Maybank x 32
Share price
USD 120.29
≈ RM 491.61
#16World ranking
tipranks score
Outperform
Analyst ratings
Strong Buy
- Buy30 97%
- Hold1 3%
- Sell0 0%
tipranks’s own summary of the 31 ratings above.
12 months price forecast
USD 129.19 7.40% Upside
As tipranks publishes it. SmartChecker has not recalculated any of it.
Analyst profiles. Who made each call, and when.
| Analyst | From | Position | Target price | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhihan Ma | Bernstein | Buy | USD 142 | 2026-10-26 |
| Simeon Gutman | Morgan Stanley | Buy | USD 125 | 2026-10-26 |
| Greg Melich | Evercore ISI | Buy | USD 130 | 2026-10-20 |
| Christopher Nardone | Bank of America Securities | Buy | USD 126 | 2026-10-19 |
| Krisztina Katai | Deutsche Bank | Buy | USD 136 | 2026-10-15 |
| Paul Lejuez | Citi | Buy | USD 132 | 2026-10-12 |
| Steven Shemesh | RBC Capital | Buy | USD 131 | 2026-09-30 |
| David Bellinger | Mizuho Securities | Buy | USD 125 | 2026-09-29 |
| Christopher Horvers | J.P. Morgan | Buy | N/A | 2026-09-24 |
| Oliver Chen | TD Cowen | Buy | USD 125 | 2026-09-14 |
| Kate McShane | Goldman Sachs | Buy | USD 132 | 2026-09-14 |
| Corey Tarlowe | Jefferies | Buy | USD 120 | 2026-09-11 |
| Seth Sigman | Barclays | Buy | USD 132 | 2026-09-10 |
| Robert Drbul | BTIG | Buy | USD 140 | 2026-09-10 |
| Bradley Thomas | KeyBanc | Buy | N/A | 2026-09-10 |
| Michael Baker | D.A. Davidson | Buy | USD 132 | 2026-09-09 |
| Ivan Feinseth | Tigress Financial | Buy | USD 155 | 2026-08-31 |
| Kelly Bania | BMO Capital | Buy | USD 126 | 2026-08-31 |
| Rupesh Parikh | Oppenheimer | Hold | N/A | 2026-08-25 |
| Bill Kirk | Roth MKM | Buy | USD 138 | 2026-08-21 |
| Katharina Schmenger | DZ BANK AG | Buy | N/A | 2026-08-21 |
| Peter Keith | Piper Sandler | Buy | USD 128 | 2026-08-21 |
| Joe Feldman | Telsey Advisory | Buy | USD 130 | 2026-08-21 |
| John Heinbockel | Guggenheim | Buy | USD 130 | 2026-08-21 |
| Edward Kelly | Wells Fargo | Buy | USD 120 | 2026-08-21 |
| Bobby Griffin | Raymond James | Buy | USD 130 | 2026-08-21 |
| Peter Benedict | Robert W. Baird | Buy | USD 120 | 2026-08-21 |
| Scot Ciccarelli | Truist Financial | Buy | USD 114 | 2026-08-21 |
| Michael Lasser | UBS | Buy | USD 130 | 2026-08-21 |
| Georgy Vashchenko | Freedom Capital Markets | Buy | N/A | 2026-08-20 |
| Charles Grom | Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation | Buy | USD 110 | 2026-08-20 |
| Stephan Lingnau | Erste Group | Hold | N/A | 2026-06-24 |
| Spencer Hanus | Wolfe Research | Buy | USD 137 | 2026-05-08 |
| Clement Xu | DBS | Buy | USD 140 | 2026-04-15 |
| Joe Thomas | HSBC | Hold | USD 131 | 2026-02-19 |
| Sam Hudson | Rothschild & Co Redburn | Buy | USD 150 | 2026-02-17 |
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Investment Strengths
Scale and Profitability
Walmart’s enormous revenue base and improving operating and net margins indicate that scale, pricing discipline, and operating efficiency are translating into stronger earnings power. Continued margin improvement gives the company more capacity to invest in stores, automation, digital growth, and customer value over the next several quarters.
Digital and Platform Growth
Fast growth across e-commerce, marketplace services, and advertising broadens Walmart beyond traditional store sales and creates additional monetization layers. These businesses can deepen customer engagement, improve platform economics, and support durable share gains as more shopping and brand spending move through Walmart’s ecosystem.
Cash Generation
Strong operating cash flow provides Walmart with internal funding for technology, automation, store investment, and fulfillment expansion while supporting financial resilience. The sharp free-cash-flow rebound also improves capital-allocation flexibility, helping the company pursue growth without relying entirely on external financing.
People also ask
What is the 12-month price target for Walmart (WMT)?
tipranks publishes an average 12-month price target of USD 129.19 (7.40% Upside), as SmartChecker read it on 2026-10-27. The highest target is USD 155 and the lowest is USD 110. A price target is an analyst’s estimate of where a share might trade, not a promise, and SmartChecker gives no investment advice.
See tipranks’s own page ↗How many analysts cover Walmart (WMT)?
tipranks records 31 analyst ratings: 30 buy, 1 hold and 0 sell, which it summarises as “Strong Buy”, as SmartChecker read it on 2026-10-27.
See tipranks’s own page ↗What is the tipranks score for Walmart (WMT)?
tipranks scores it 9 out of 10 and calls that “Outperform”, as SmartChecker read it on 2026-10-27. The score is tipranks’s, not SmartChecker’s, and SmartChecker does not rate listed shares.
See tipranks’s own page ↗Is this SmartChecker’s own forecast for Walmart?
No. Every figure on this page is published by tipranks, copied on 2026-10-27 with a link to the original, and not recalculated. SmartChecker assesses financial companies in Malaysia against the public registers; it makes no forecast of its own and holds no licence to advise on securities.
See tipranks’s own page ↗Member reviews. Members’ own ratings and words, not SmartChecker’s rating.
These ratings and words are written by SmartChecker members and published immediately without administrator approval. SmartChecker does not rate listed companies: a rating here belongs to whoever wrote it, it counts towards no score of ours, and nothing in it is advice.
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