Walmart Inc WMT announced strong second-quarter results and raised full-year guidance on Thursday.The retailer reported adjusted EPS of 67 cents (+9.8% Y/Y), beating the consensus of 64 cents. Sales were $169.34 billion, up 4.8% year over year or 5.0% (at constant currency), beating the consensus of $168.57 billion.Walmart expects third-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.51 to $0.52 versus a consensus of $0.55, and its sales outlook is $164.58 billion-$166.17 billion vs. $167.11 billion estimate.For FY25, the big b ...

Key TakeawaysWalmart shares surged Thursday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that topped expectations and lifted its full-year outlook, as cost-conscious consumers turned to the discounter retailer for purchasing essential items.The share price set a record close Thursday on the highest trading volume since mid May, suggesting active participation by institutional investors.A bars pattern, which takes the stock’s trending move from early May to mid-July and positions it from this month's l ...

CNBC's Jim Cramer on reviewed Walmart's quarter, suggesting the big box retailer's strong results are due to its successful business strategy and aren't necessarily indicative of a favorable consumer landscape."Don't make the mistake of assuming that Walmart's results give you some kind of generic read on the consumer," Cramer said. "You can't just extrapolate from the best operator in the industry to everyone else."Walmart on Thursday topped analysts' expectations for earnings and revenue and raised its fu ...

Convenience. Membership. Delivery times. Delivery density. eCommerce. Marketplaces.You would be forgiven for thinking these were keywords from Amazon’s Q2 earnings announcement. But they weren’t. They were the themes that sounded most often on Walmart’s Q2 earnings call Thursday (Aug. 15) as it reported slow but steady growth and an “appropriately cautious” outlook on consumer spending for the second half of the year.“So far, we aren’t experiencing a weaker consumer overall,” CEO Doug McMillon told the earn ...

Walmart Inc WMT shares are trading higher on Thursday after the company announced strong second-quarter 2025 results and raised full-year guidance.The retailer reported adjusted EPS of $0.67 (+9.8% Y/Y), beating the consensus of $0.64 and sales of $169.34 billion, surpassing the consensus of $168.57 billion.Walmart expects third-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.51 to $0.52 versus a consensus of $0.55, and its net sales to grow 3.25% – 4.25% in CC.JP Morgan analyst Christopher Horvers has an Overweight rating on W ...

A customer pushes her shopping cart through the aisles at a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles.Prices of many groceries and other items have fallen at Walmart, according to CEO Doug McMillon.Yet the leader of the nation's largest retailer said Thursday that inflation "has been more stubborn" in one particular part of the store: The aisles that carry dry groceries and processed foods. Those include items like carbonated soft drinks.On a call after the discounter posted second-quarter ea ...

Walmart reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and raised its yearly forecast as inflation-battered shoppers flocked to its low-priced food, clothing and home goods.Walmart shone thanks to its affordability. Comparable sales, excluding fuel, rose 4.2% in the second quarter since the same period last year, beating expectations. Its online sales soared 22% in the US – and customers spent more than usual, with transactions up 3.6% and average spending rising 0.6% since the same period last year. ...

Key TakeawaysHigher-income households are increasingly Walmart shoppers. The retail giant said market-share gains were "primarily" driven by wealthier households in the latest quarter.Executives said that while shoppers across income levels are attracted by lower prices, wealthier ones are also choosing Walmart for service and convenience. Higher-income households are increasingly Walmart (WMT) shoppers.  The retail giant, shares of which were surging more than 6% in intraday trading Thursday after the comp ...

A massive amount of economic data has hit the tape in today’s pre-market. Retail Sales, Import and Export Prices, Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys and the normal Weekly Jobless Claims all uniformly sounded the bell that the economy remains strong, and the labor market has not yet fallen off the table.Pre-market indexes leapt at this news: the Dow went from +135 points to +255 a minute later, the S&P 500 moved up from +10 to +30, and the Nasdaq from +45 points to +125. I guess the lesson of ...

The retail giant delivered another impressive earnings report.Shares of Walmart (WMT 6.53%) were jumping today after the retail giant delivered another strong earnings report, beating estimates on the top and bottom lines and raising its full-year guidance.The results showed that Walmart continues to execute as well as any other retailer in a challenging environment, thriving on the strength of its grocery business, reputation for low prices, and solid execution in the omnichannel.As of 10:13 a.m. ET, the s ...