Reporting its Q1 results this morning, Walmart (WMT) exceeded expectations but warned that its prices will rise as the retailer can't avoid passing on the high costs of tariffs to its customers.
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Bill Simon, who ran Walmart from 2010 to 2014, suggests the company may be overstating challenges tied to tariffs.
Higher tariffs could jeopardize Walmart's profits in the year ahead even if the retail giant hits its sales goals, executives said Thursday.
Walmart says tariffs remain "too high," even after recent reductions. The company warned that it will have to raise some prices if import costs don't come down further.
Walmart beat earnings estimates, but this was its weakest quarter since 2022, with broad-based growth deceleration and margin pressure from FX headwinds. Management warned of upcoming price hikes due to tariffs and withheld profit guidance, signaling heightened uncertainty for the near term. At 37x forward earnings and slowing growth, Walmart's valuation looks stretched, with little upside even if the premium multiple is maintained.
Retail sales barely rise in April, another sign of a pullback on spending as Walmart warns that higher prices are coming soon. Jamie Dimon says he wouldn't take a recession off the table.
Walmart's NYSE: WMT stock price is set for a big move due to underlying strengths, market positioning, guidance, high potential for positive catalysts, and analysts' sentiment.
You can expect to see prices creep up in the next few weeks.
WMT's fiscal Q1 results reflect increased sales and earnings growth across all segments.
Walmart's strengthening position in eCommerce can help blunt at least some of the impact from tariffs and gives some room to offset cost pressures from its supply chain, management told analysts on Thursday during the fiscal first-quarter conference call.
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