WMT's Sam's Club sales rise 2.9%, while traffic climbs 5.3% and e-commerce surges 23%, signaling strong delivery and membership momentum.
Walmart is set to pay $16 million to Spark drivers to settle claims it misled them about pay and tips. The driver payouts are part of a broader settlement with the FTC.
The Federal Trade Commission alleged the big-box retailer deceived drivers about how much they could earn.
Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over deceptive pay practices within its Spark Driver service, which uses gig workers to deliver online orders from local stores to customers. The retailer was accused of misleading drivers about their potential base pay and tip amounts, and then deceived customers by saying that 100% of tips went to the drivers, when they did not.
Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) rise above $1 trillion in valuation in early February of 2026 showcased that big tech does not hold a monopoly on the coveted club, raising the question of whether more traditional companies can cross the threshold this year.
WMT and DG stack up on earnings growth, margin trends and valuation across two value-focused retail models.
Walmart delivers 4.6% comp growth in Walmart U.S. for FY26, fueled by traffic, grocery strength and e-commerce momentum heading into FY27.
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VCR and peers offer diversified exposure as Amazon tops Walmart with $716.9B in 2025 revenues, powered by AWS and a $60B ad business.
Walmart is showing excellent revenue and earnings growth in the face of economic uncertainty. Amazon's cloud computing business is accelerating as it steps up its AI spending plans.
Walmart‘s stock has outperformed the majority of its competitors over the previous year as of 2/19/2026. The momentum follows solid Q4 FY2026 results, where the company reported roughly $190.7 billion in revenue, up about 5.6% year over year, with operating income rising at a faster pace and e commerce sales climbing more than 20%.
Shares of Walmart Inc. WMT slipped 1.4% yesterday, following the company's better-than-expected fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results. Despite comfortably surpassing analysts' estimates for earnings and revenues, the retail giant's stock tumbled at the bourses, most likely owing to its earnings outlook for fiscal 2027, which fell short of Wall Street's expectations.