Walmart (WMT) Operating Income

: $27,012 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)

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Walmart's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $7,254 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $27,012 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Walmart's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $7,254 Mil. Walmart's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $173,388 Mil. Therefore, Walmart's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.18%.

Warning Sign:

Walmart Inc operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.4%.

Walmart's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -1.40% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Walmart's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 11.83%. Walmart's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 25.55%.

Walmart Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Walmart Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Operating Income

20,568.00

22,548.00

25,942.00

20,428.00

27,012.00

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Operating Income																5,561.00	6,240.00	7,316.00	6,202.00	7,254.00

Walmart Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $27,012 Mil.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Walmart's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Oct. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jan. 2024 ))	/ count )
=	29016 * ( 1 - 24.47% )	/	( (185693	+	184723)	/ 2 )
=	21915.7848	/	185208
=	11.83 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	259174	-	89320	-	( 12154	-	max(0, 104230	-	88391	+	12154	))
=	185693

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	252399	-	83214	-	( 9867	-	max(0, 92415	-	76877	+	9867	))
=	184723

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Walmart's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Oct. 2023		Q: Jan. 2024
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	32852	/	( ( (126824 + max(-13083, 0))	+	(130338 + max(-18868, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	32852	/	( ( 126824	+	130338 )	/	2 )
=	32852	/	128581
=	25.55 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(8625	+	63951	+	3661)	-	(89320	+	0	+	0)
=	-13083

	Working Capital		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(8796	+	54892	+	3322)	-	(83214	+	2664	+	0)
=	-18868

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Walmart's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
	=	7254	/	173388
	=	4.18 %

4. 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 Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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Walmart (WMT) Business Description

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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.

Executives

John D Rainey	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jim C Walton	director, other: Director	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
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
C Douglas Mcmillon	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
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
Daniel J Bartlett	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
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
Marc E. Lore	officer: Executive Vice President	443 GREENWICH STREET, PHA, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kathryn J. Mclay	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716