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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

: 0.72 (As of Today)
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As of today (2023-12-04), Walmart's current share price is $154.34. Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $215.36. Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.72.

The historical rank and industry rank for Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMT' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.68   Max: 0.9
Current: 0.72

During the past years, Walmart's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 0.90. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.68.

WMT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
67.84% of 227 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.38 vs WMT: 0.72

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Walmart's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Oct. 2023 was $59.491. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $215.36 for the trailing ten years ended in Oct. 2023.

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Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.70 0.82 0.74 0.70

Walmart Quarterly Data
Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 0.70 0.72 0.75 0.76

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=154.34/215.36
=0.72

* 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.

Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Walmart's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Oct. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Oct. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Oct. 2023)
=59.491/129.8595*129.8595
=59.491

Current CPI (Oct. 2023) = 129.8595.

Walmart Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201401 39.873 98.692 52.465
201404 35.394 100.023 45.952
201407 37.064 100.520 47.882
201410 36.729 100.176 47.613
201501 40.569 98.604 53.429
201504 35.407 99.824 46.061
201507 37.211 100.691 47.991
201510 36.473 100.346 47.200
201601 40.840 99.957 53.057
201604 36.748 100.947 47.273
201607 38.748 101.524 49.563
201610 38.122 101.988 48.540
201701 42.567 102.456 53.952
201704 38.576 103.167 48.557
201707 40.833 103.278 51.343
201710 41.114 104.070 51.303
201801 45.773 104.578 56.839
201804 41.352 105.708 50.800
201807 43.458 106.324 53.078
201810 42.467 106.695 51.687
201901 47.662 106.200 58.280
201904 42.940 107.818 51.718
201907 45.443 108.250 54.515
201910 44.736 108.577 53.505
202001 49.605 108.841 59.184
202004 47.252 108.173 56.725
202007 48.364 109.318 57.452
202010 47.283 109.861 55.890
202101 53.530 110.364 62.986
202104 48.890 112.673 56.347
202107 50.159 115.183 56.550
202110 50.241 116.696 55.908
202201 54.970 118.619 60.179
202204 51.200 121.978 54.508
202207 55.686 125.002 57.850
202210 56.368 125.734 58.217
202301 60.601 126.223 62.347
202304 56.324 127.992 57.146
202307 59.797 128.974 60.207
202310 59.491 129.860 59.491

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Walmart  (NYSE:WMT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Business Description

Address
702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716
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.
Executives
Christopher James Nicholas 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
Randall L Stephenson director 208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Donna Morris officer: Executive Vice President 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Kathryn J. Mclay officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Suresh Kumar officer: Chief Technology Officer 860 W. CALIFORNIA AVE., SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Cesar Conde director ONE OWENS CORNING PARKWAY, TOLEDO OH 43659
Stephen Easterbrook director MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, 110 NORTH CARPENTER STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Rachel L Brand officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Sarah Friar director C/O NEXTDOOR HOLDINGS, INC., 420 TAYLOR STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94102
Judith J Mckenna officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Carla A Harris director 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John R. Furner officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski officer: Senior Vice President 5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Marc E. Lore officer: Executive Vice President 443 GREENWICH STREET, PHA, NEW YORK NY 10013