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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) PS Ratio

: 0.67 (As of Today)
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The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Walmart's share price is $153.09. Walmart's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2023 was $228.98. Hence, Walmart's PS Ratio for today is 0.67.

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

WMT' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 0.56   Max: 0.79
Current: 0.67

During the past 13 years, Walmart's highest PS Ratio was 0.79. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.56.

WMT's PS Ratio is ranked worse than
60.74% of 298 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.46 vs WMT: 0.67

Walmart's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Apr. 2023 was $56.32. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2023 was $228.98.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Walmart was 10.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Walmart's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 35.80% per year. The lowest was 2.50% per year. And the median was 12.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Walmart PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's 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
PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 0.63 0.72 0.68 0.64

Walmart Quarterly Data
Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23
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 0.74 0.62 0.65 0.64 0.66

Competitive Comparison

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

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

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



Walmart PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Walmart's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=153.09/228.979
=0.67

Walmart's Share Price of today is $153.09.
Walmart's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $228.98.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Walmart  (NYSE:WMT) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Business Description

Walmart logo
Address
702 Southwest 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716
America's largest retailer by sales, Walmart operated over 10,500 stores under 46 banners at the end of fiscal 2022, selling a variety of general merchandise and grocery items. Its home market accounted for 82% of sales in fiscal 2022, with Mexico and Central America (6%) and Canada (4%) its largest external markets. In the United States at the namesake banner, around 56% of sales come from grocery, 32% from general merchandise, and 11% from health and wellness items. The company operates several e-commerce properties apart from its eponymous site, including Flipkart and shoes.com (it also owns a roughly 10% stake in Chinese online retailer JD.com). Combined, e-commerce accounted for about 13% of fiscal 2022 sales.
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

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