Walmart Stock Price To Earning

WALM34 Stock  BRL 34.86  0.99  2.76%   
Walmart fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Walmart's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Walmart Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Walmart's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Walmart stock.
  
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Walmart Company Price To Earning Analysis

Walmart's Price to Earnings ratio is typically used for current valuation of a company and is one of the most popular ratios that investors monitor daily. Holding a low PE stock is less risky because when a company's profitability falls, it is likely that earnings will also go down as well. In other words, if you start from a lower position, your downside risk is limited. There are also some investors who believe that low Price to Earnings ratio reflects the low pricing because a given company is in trouble. On the other hand, a higher PE ratio means that investors are paying more for each unit of profit.

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Current Walmart Price To Earning

    
  37.05 X  
Most of Walmart's fundamental indicators, such as Price To Earning, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Walmart is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Generally speaking, the Price to Earnings ratio gives investors an idea of what the market is willing to pay for the company's current earnings.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Walmart has a Price To Earning of 37.05 times. This is 76.68% higher than that of the Consumer Defensive sector and 38.5% higher than that of the Discount Stores industry. The price to earning for all Brazil stocks is 29.0% lower than that of the firm.

Walmart Price To Earning Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Walmart's direct or indirect competition against its Price To Earning to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Walmart could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Walmart by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Walmart is rated below average in price to earning category among its peers.

Walmart Fundamentals

About Walmart Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Walmart's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Walmart using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Walmart based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in Walmart Stock

When determining whether Walmart is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if Walmart Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Walmart Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Walmart Stock:
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Walmart. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.
For information on how to trade Walmart Stock refer to our How to Trade Walmart Stock guide.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Walmart's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Walmart is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Walmart's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.