Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.20 (As of Jul. 2023)

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Walmart's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Jul. 2023 was 0.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMT' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39 Med: 0.45 Max: 0.92
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Walmart was 0.92. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.45.

WMT's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
60.23% of 176 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.34 vs WMT: 0.43

As of today (2023-09-22), the Dividend Yield % of Walmart is 1.38%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Walmart was 3.46%. The lowest was 1.37%. And the median was 2.16%.

Walmart's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Jul. 2023 was $0.57.

During the past 12 months, Walmart's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Walmart was 95.70% per year. The lowest was 1.90% per year. And the median was 17.15% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Walmart Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Walmart Annual Data

Trend

Jan14

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Dividend Payout Ratio

0.92

0.41

0.46

0.45

0.53

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Oct18	Jan19	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23
Dividend Payout Ratio																0.30	-	0.24	0.92	0.20

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout 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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Walmart Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Dividend Payout Ratio's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Walmart Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Jan. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Jan. 2023 )
	=	2.24	/	4.27
	=	0.52

Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Jul. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Jul. 2023 )
	=	0.57	/	2.92
	=	0.20

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

Walmart Dividend Payout Ratio Related Terms

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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

WMT:Peru WMT:Mexico WMTd:UK 0R1W:UK WMTD:Germany WMT:Germany WMT:Germany WMT:Germany 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.

Executives

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
Steuart L Walton	director	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716