Key Points in This Article: Trillion-dollar valuations, once rare, now include ten companies, with Walmart's (WMT) $803.6 billion valuation close behind.
Chrstine Short is expecting Target (TGT) to post its fourth consecutive quarter of negative sales growth when it reports earnings Wednesday morning. The biggest weakness she sees in Target is the state of the consumer.
Retail giant Walmart (WMT) is slated to report second-quarter earnings before markets open on Thursday, and investors see potential for shares to approach a record high in the days following.
Walmart, Abercrombie & Fitch, Urban Outfitters and Burlington Stores are set to outshine forecasts in the Retail-Wholesale sector this earnings season.
WMT bets on booming membership growth to strengthen profits as tariff pressures test its Q2 performance.
Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for Walmart (WMT), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended July 2025.
Walmart faces margin pressure and slowing annual revenue growth, with inflation and tariffs posing additional risks to profitability and consumer demand. Recent results showed modest revenue growth and strong e-commerce and advertising gains, but net margins remain under pressure and debt levels have increased. Valuation appears stretched, with the stock trading well above five-year averages and a low dividend yield offering little downside protection.
This week will see Walmart and other major U.S. retailers report their quarterly earnings. And as Bloomberg News noted in a report Saturday (Aug. 16), these numbers will offer a glimpse into how U.S. consumers are coping with White House tariffs.
The nation's biggest retailer reports results on Thursday as signs emerge that U.S. tariffs could be nudging prices higher.
Get ready to hear a lot about Jerome Powell.
Walmart WMT shares have been standout performers this year, handily outperforming not just the broader market indexes and peers like Target TGT but also the likes of Amazon AMZN and many members of the Magnificent 7 group.
David Bellinger, Mizuho, joins 'Fast Money' to talk the upcoming slate of retail earnings.