Walmart (WMT) Days Payable : 42.71 (As of Apr. 2025)

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What is Walmart Days Payable?

Walmart's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $58,183 Mil. Walmart's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $124,303 Mil. Hence, Walmart's Days Payable for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was 42.71.

The historical rank and industry rank for Walmart's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

WMT' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 38.88 Med: 42.26 Max: 44.41
Current: 41.42

During the past 13 years, Walmart's highest Days Payable was 44.41. The lowest was 38.88. And the median was 42.26.

WMT's Days Payable is ranked worse than
56.25% of 304 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 45.455 vs WMT: 41.42

Walmart's Days Payable increased from Apr. 2024 (42.41) to Apr. 2025 (42.71). It may suggest that Walmart delayed paying its suppliers.

Walmart Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Walmart Days Payable Chart

Walmart Annual Data

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41.73

44.41

42.90

41.16

41.18

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25	Apr25
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															42.41	40.58	42.84	40.72	42.71

Competitive Comparison of Walmart's Days Payable

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

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Walmart's Days Payable Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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Walmart Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Walmart's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Jan. 2025 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Jan. 2024 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Jan. 2025 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Jan. 2025 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (56812	+	58666)	/	2 )	/	511753	*	365
=	57739					/	511753	*	365
=	41.18

Walmart's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Apr. 2025 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Jan. 2025 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Apr. 2025 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Apr. 2025 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (58666	+	57700)	/	2 )	/	124303	*	365 / 4
=	58183					/	124303	*	365 / 4
=	42.71

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Address

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

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

Walmart is a leading 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 4,600 stores in the United States (5,200 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 locations globally. Walmart generated over $460 billion in domestic namesake sales in fiscal 2025, with Sam's Club contributing another $90 billion to the company's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $120 billion in sales. The retailer serves around 270 million customers globally each week.

Executives

C Douglas Mcmillon	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Kathryn J. Mclay	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Daniel J Bartlett	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John D Rainey	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
John R. Furner	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Rachel L Brand	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Christopher James Nicholas	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski	officer: Senior Vice President	5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
S Robson Walton	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0105
Alice L Walton	10 percent owner	110 N.W. SECOND STREET, SUITE 300, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
Jim C Walton	director, other: Director	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
Timothy Patrick Flynn	director	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Randall L Stephenson	director	208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Judith J Mckenna	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
M. Brett Biggs	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716