{"id":15009,"date":"2011-11-15T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wal-mart-stores-every-business-segment-is-stronger-today-than-it-was-a-year-ago\/15009\/"},"modified":"2011-11-15T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T12:43:00","slug":"wal-mart-stores-every-business-segment-is-stronger-today-than-it-was-a-year-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wal-mart-stores-every-business-segment-is-stronger-today-than-it-was-a-year-ago\/15009\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart Stores &#8211; Every business segment is stronger today than it was a year ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad include code--><br \/>\n<!--mfunc include_once('\/mnt\/Target01\/327806\/www.thestockmarketwatch.com\/web\/content\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/ad-injection\/adshow.php') --><br \/>\n<!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=WMT\">NYSE:WMT<\/a>)<\/strong>. Last Market Price: 57.32, Change: -1.57, % Change: (-2.67%). Shares trade in the range of 57.28 &#8211; 58.05 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 197.56B dollars, making it a Large Cap Stock and has 3.45B outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.35, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 4.42; P\/E of 12.96 indicating, that the stock price to be fair valued. It operates in Services sector and belongs to Retail (Department and Discount) industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 32%. The company has a 52 week Price range (low &#8211; high) of $ 48.31 &#8211; 59.40. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 12,120,000. <span id=\"more-15009\"><\/span>Volume traded in the last session was at 6,990,000, 0.58 times the average volume.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walmart reported third quarter diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (EPS) of $0.97, compared to last year&#8217;s $0.95 per share, which included a tax benefit of approximately $0.05 per share. The company&#8217;s EPS was within its third quarter guidance of $0.95 to $1.00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Net sales for the third quarter were $109.5 billion, an increase of 8.2 percent from last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Every business segment is stronger today than it was a year ago, and we delivered solid earnings growth for our shareholders in the third quarter,&#8221; said Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. president and Chief executive officer. &#8220;Both Walmart U.S. and Sam&#8217;s Club exceeded comp sales guidance, and I&#8217;m pleased that the sales momentum positions us exceedingly well for the holidays. We also are pleased with the growth in both sales and operating income for Walmart International.The company leveraged operating expenses this quarter, with all three operating segments achieving that goal as well, Duke continued.We are committed to leveraging expenses again this year. Our overall performance reflects Walmart&#8217;s strategy of driving the productivity loop, reducing expenses and investing in price.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Q3 (Jul &#8217;11), It had a Net profit margin of 3.60%, an Operating margin of 5.84%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 8.32%, Return on average equity of 22.94%. The organization has an employee strength of 2,100,000<\/p>\n<p>Consensus Recommendation is a Outperform.<\/p>\n<p><!--mfunc adshow_display_ad_file_v2(array('ad_random_1.txt'), array(100), array('align' => 'float right', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - in News 300 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5684630733\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Jan-12 show a mean of 444,120.00 million dollars, an estimate high of 448,278.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 436,885.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 441,236.00 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Jan-13 show a mean of 465,950.00 million dollars, an estimate high of 481,548.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 450,423.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 460,537.00 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Jan-11 show a mean of 4.04 dollars, an estimate high of 4.08 dollars and an estimate low of 4.02 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Jan-12 show a mean of 4.50 dollars, an estimate high of 4.59 dollars and an estimate low of 4.45 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 4.41 dollars.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<table style=\"border:none;margin:0;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"edliston\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"photo\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><b>Post Written By: Ed Liston <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\n<p>Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* 336x280, created 7\/9\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3552319058\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:11pt;\">&laquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/\">Return to Stock Market News<\/a> &laquo; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT). Last Market Price: 57.32, Change: -1.57, % Change: (-2.67%). 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