Walmart (LIM:WMT) Book Value per Share

: $10.41 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Walmart's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $10.41.

During the past 12 months, Walmart's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the book value growth rate using book value per share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Walmart was 33.10% per year. The lowest was -0.60% per year. And the median was 13.00% per year.

Walmart's current price is $59.65. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $10.41. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Walmart is 5.73.

During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Walmart was 5.95. The lowest was 2.28. And the median was 3.91.

Warning Sign:

Walmart Inc stock PB Ratio (=5.73) is close to 10-year high of 5.95

Walmart Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Book Value per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Walmart Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Book Value per Share

8.89

9.56

10.05

9.47

10.41

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Book Value per Share																9.47	8.96	9.85	9.84	10.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Walmart PB Ratio Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Walmart's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's PB Ratio falls into.

Walmart Book Value per Share Calculation

Walmart's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(83,861	-	0)	/	8,054
	=	10.41

Walmart's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(83,861	-	0)	/	8,054
	=	10.41

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.

Walmart (LIM:WMT) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.

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Walmart (LIM:WMT) Business Description

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

WMT:USA WMT:Mexico 1WMT:Italy WMTd:UK 0R1W:UK WMT:Germany WMT:Chile WMT:Canada WALM34:Brazil WMT:Austria WMT:Argentina

Address

702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,700 stores in the United States (5,300 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 stores globally. Walmart generated over $420 billion in domestic namesake sales last year, with Sam's Club contributing another $84 billion to the firm's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $100 billion in sales. The company serves around 240 million customers globally each week.