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Wal Mart Stores (WMT)

Sector:

Retailers

Index:

Dow Jones I.A.

Market Cap

$216,330m

Change Today

Price Up$0.93 (1.74%)

Share Price

$54.45

Wal Mart Stores Overview

Wal-Mart Stores is the world's biggest retailer, operating a number of retailing formats in all 50 states in the US. The company operates three divisions: The Wal-Mart Stores, which includes its discount stores, Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets, in the US; The SAM's CLUB warehouse membership clubs; and the International business, which includes all of its operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Germany, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. In 1999, Wal-Mart completed its purchase of UK supermarket, ASDA.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.6% 1.7%
Div Cover 3.6 3.6
Op Mrgn 5.9% 5.3%
ROCE 21.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 17.4 15.7
PEG 1.1 1.5
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.5
Pr/Book 3.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 8.6% 8.3%
PBT 6.5% 6.8%
EPS 15.5% 10.7%
DPS 31.3% 8.3%

Wal Mart Stores Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-04 258,681.00 14,193.00 403.51¢ 13.3 0.1 +100% n/a 0.0%
31-Jan-05 287,989.00 16,105.00 241.00¢ 21.7 n/a -40% 26.00¢ 0.5%
31-Jan-06 308,945.00 17,535.00 268.00¢ 17.2 1.6 +11% 60.00¢ 1.3%
31-Jan-07 344,992.00 18,968.00 271.00¢ 17.6 17.6 +1% 67.00¢ 1.4%
31-Jan-08 374,526.00 20,198.00 313.00¢ 16.2 1.0 +16% 88.00¢ 1.7%

Wal Mart Stores Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-09 405,695.25 21,579.30 346.55¢ 15.7 1.5 +11% 95.30¢ 1.7%
31-Jan-10 424,097.00 22,884.34 374.23¢ 14.5 1.8 +8% 104.55¢ 1.9%

Covering analysts: Actual, Argus Research, Bank of America Securities, Barclays Capital, Bernstein Research, BMO Capital Markets US, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, FTN Midwest Securities, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Leon Frazer & Associates, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Keegan, Morgan Stanley, Rochdale Securities, Standard & Poors, ThinkPanmure, Wachovia Securities, William Blair

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Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Wal Mart Stores Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $54.45  
Change Today $0.93
52 Week High $63.17
52 Week Low $45.72
Volume 25,215,291
Shares Issued 3,973.00m
Market Cap $216,330m
Beta 0.62
RiskGrade 245

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 15
Buy 2
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 21
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Wal Mart Stores Dividends

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Time Volume / Share Price
16:01 1,218,700 @ $54.38
16:01 60,400 @ $54.38
15:59 200 @ $54.47
15:59 2,800 @ $54.49
15:59 900 @ $54.49

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