Firethorn Wealth Partners LLC Has $1.10 Million Holdings in Walmart Inc. $WMT

Firethorn Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) by 1.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 11,235 shares of the retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period. Firethorn Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Walmart were worth $1,099,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Gutierrez Wealth Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of Walmart by 0.3% in the second quarter. Gutierrez Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 38,130 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $3,728,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the period. Financial Insights Inc. boosted its stake in Walmart by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Financial Insights Inc. now owns 6,651 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $650,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the period. Accel Wealth Management grew its holdings in Walmart by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 6,935 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $678,000 after buying an additional 340 shares during the last quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC increased its position in Walmart by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 59,695 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $5,837,000 after buying an additional 1,301 shares during the period. Finally, Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Walmart by 3.3% during the second quarter. Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. now owns 74,577 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $7,292,000 after buying an additional 2,402 shares during the last quarter. 26.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Walmart

In other Walmart news, EVP John R. Furner sold 13,125 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.14, for a total transaction of $1,248,712.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 932,313 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $88,700,258.82. This represents a 1.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Kathryn J. Mclay sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.96, for a total transaction of $403,840.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,052,455 shares in the company, valued at $106,255,856.80. This trade represents a 0.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 151,232 shares of company stock worth $15,083,877 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WMT has been the subject of several research reports. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Walmart from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, June 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Walmart from $101.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 22nd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $117.00 price target on shares of Walmart and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 price objective (up previously from $108.00) on shares of Walmart in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Tigress Financial lifted their target price on Walmart from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Thirty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $112.38.

Walmart Stock Performance

Walmart stock opened at $102.15 on Monday. Walmart Inc. has a 52-week low of $78.98 and a 52-week high of $106.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $814.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.40, a P/E/G ratio of 4.81 and a beta of 0.67. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $100.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $96.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $174.02 billion. Walmart had a return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 3.08%.Walmart’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.67 earnings per share. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Walmart Profile

Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.