Walmart's NYSE: WMT February price correction is a buying signal for long-term investors. The drop is due to slowing growth and tariff fears but does little to alter the long-term outlook for earnings, cash flow, equity gains, and capital return.
Annual sales are expected to rise between 3% and 4%. Analysts had expected 4% growth.
Walmart is seeing higher sales thanks to wealthier customers shopping online, but what has investors selling the stock? Transcript: CONWAY GITTENS: Walmart WMT is sounding a cautious tone on the U.S. consumer - and that is sending shivers throughout the retail sector.
World's largest retailer expects inflation-weary consumers to pull back after shares hit record high of $105 last week
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT, ETR:WMT) shares fell in early trade after the retailer provided conservative sales and profit guidance for the full year. For fiscal 2026, Walmart expects net sales growth in the range of 3% to 4%, below Wall Street estimates of 4.2%.
Recent years were marked by the unusually frequent phenomenon of a company underperforming expectations only to see its stock soar – with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) being the most notable example – or beating forecasts and achieving strong results only for its shares to plummet.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) stock is 6.5% lower to trade at $97.27 at last glance, brushing off a fourth-quarter top- and bottom-line beat after blue-chip retailer also issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fiscal year.
Walmart stock is down about 6% this morning after warning the inflationary pressures could weigh on its adjusted per-share earnings in 2025. Economists are concerned that Trump tariffs could trigger a trade war, which in turn will lead to a resurgence in inflation in the United States.
Walmart shares headed toward their worst day in more than a year Thursday, knocking off billions from the net worths of the retail giant's heirs, as the company issued a weaker forecast for 2025 than investors hoped — and the world's largest firm by revenue cautioned about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on consumer prices.
Walmart shares dropped around 5% in premarket trading on Thursday after the retail giant projected slower profit growth for the upcoming fiscal year, despite continued sales momentum. Investors reacted negatively to the company's outlook, even as Walmart reported strong revenue gains and double-digit e-commerce growth.
All sectors in the SPX started the trading day lower, not helped by Walmart's (WMT) post-earnings selling action. Kevin Green still believes a $6,200 SPX is in the crosshairs as a resistance level.
CNBC's Courtney Reagan joins 'Squawk Box' to report on the company's quarterly earnings results.