Affluent customers are adding to drive Walmart's (WMT) growth, shown in the company's latest earnings. Marley Kayden highlights accelerating in-store sales and delivery numbers driving Walmart's balance sheet.
Walmart's CFO said that the chain is "optimistic" about consumers' spending this holiday season. That's in contrast with the widening slowdown that other retailers have described.
Walmart Inc. ( WMT ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call November 20, 2025 8:00 AM EST Company Participants Stephanie Wissink - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations Doug McMillon - President, CEO & Director John Furner - Executive VP, CEO & President of Walmart US and Director John Rainey - Executive VP & CFO Kathryn McLay - Executive VP, President & CEO of Walmart International Christopher Nicholas - Executive VP, President & CEO of Sam's Club U.S. Conference Call Participants Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Gregory Melich - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Katharine McShane - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Seth Sigman - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Kelly Bania - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Michael Lasser - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Christopher Horvers - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Robert Ohmes - BofA Securities, Research Division Paul Lejuez - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division Charles Grom - Gordon Haskett Research Advisors Presentation Operator Greetings. Welcome to Walmart's Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Call.
Shares of Walmart jumped Thursday, putting them among the S&P 500's top gainers, after the company reported quarterly results that topped Wall Street's estimates and boosted its outlook.
The stressed consumer environment has played to Walmart's strengths, reinforcing its role as a go-to destination not only for lower-income households but increasingly for wealthier shoppers as well.
September jobs reached +119K, new claims were low at +220K and WMT beat Q3 earnings by a penny.
The shares of Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are up 5.5% to trade at $106.14 this morning, after the world's largest retailer reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings of $0.62 per share, compared to Zacks Consensus expectations of $0.61 per share.
Walmart, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, said Thursday it will transfer the listing of its common stock to the Nasdaq Stock Market and begin trading there starting Dec. 9.
Although the revenue and EPS for Walmart (WMT) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended October 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results before the bell Thursday, beating on both the top and bottom lines.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT, XETRA:WMT) shares traded nearly 4% higher premarket on Thursday after the retailer reported stronger-than-expected fiscal third quarter results and lifted its full-year outlook. The company posted revenue of $179.5 billion, up 5.8% year-over-year and ahead of analyst expectations of roughly $177.5 billion.
Walmart (WMT) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.62 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.61 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.58 per share a year ago.