How to Trade Walmart After Fiscal Q4 2025 Performance
Founded in 1962, Walmart now has over 10,000 stores, with more than 2.2 million employees across 19 countries. It is considered one of the world's largest retailers and a bellwether for economic conditions and consumer spending habits.
Learn more about Walmart's fiscal fourth quarter 2025 performance and what analysts are forecasting for the stock.
| Stock: | Walmart Inc. |
| Symbol for Invest.MT5 Account: | WMT |
| Date of Idea: | 25 February 2025 |
| Time Line: | 1 - 6 months |
| Entry Level: | $97.00 |
| Target Level: | $120.00 |
| Position Size for Invest.MT5 Account: | Max 5% |
| Risk: | High |
- The Invest.MT5 account allows you to buy real stocks and shares from some of the largest stock exchanges in the world.
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Walmart Fiscal Q4 2025 Performance
Here are some of the key highlights from the fiscal fourth quarter 2025 earnings report from Walmart:
- Earnings per share: 66 cents vs 64 cents expected
- Revenue: $180.55 billion vs $180.01 billion expected
- Net income down to $5.25 billion vs $5.49 billion prior year
- Walmart International net sales growth up 5.7%
- Walmart US comparable sales growth up 4.6% excluding fuel
- E-commerce sales up 20% compared to the prior year
On the face of it, Walmart beat analyst expectations on most financial performance metrics. Both earnings and revenue came in higher than expected with growth from the prior year seen in most of its divisions. The results were boosted by a holiday quarter which saw revenue rise 4% and growth in home deliveries and upper-income shoppers.
However, the stock price fell more than 6% on the news, as Walmart's outlook disappointed investors. In its earnings call, it said that for the fiscal year, it expects net sales to grow 3% to 4% with full-year earnings per share guidance of $2.50 to $2.60. This was lower than the $2.76 earnings per share analysts were expecting.
Around two-thirds of Walmart sells is from the United States. However, its chief financial officer said it will not be immune to tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico if they go ahead. The guidance provided did not take any tariff impact into account.
The uncertain geopolitical landscape is just one reason some analysts are moving to a hold rating on the stock, as highlighted below.
Walmart Stock Forecast - What do the Analysts Say?
According to 29 analysts polled by TipRanks for a Walmart stock forecast in the past 3 months, there are currently 28 buy, 1 hold and 0 sell ratings on the stock. The highest price level for a Walmart stock forecast is $120.00 with the lowest price target at $99.00.
The average price target for a Walmart stock forecast is $112.33.
An Example Trading Idea for the Walmart Stock Price
An example trading idea for the Walmart share price could be as follows:
- Buy the stock on a move back above $97.00 to allow for volatility.
- Target just below the highest analyst price target of $120.00.
- Keep your risk small at a maximum of 5% of your total account.
- Time Line = 1 – 6 months
- If you buy 10 Walmart shares:
- If target is reached = $230.00 potential profit [($120.00 - $97.00) * 10 shares].
Remember that markets go up and down and it is unlikely the share price will move up in a straight line. In fact, it may even go much further down, especially due to the uncertainty regarding the impact of any trade tariffs.
Be sure to exercise good risk management and always know how much you could potentially lose on a trade and the risks involved, as well as the costs.
With the Admiral Markets Invest.MT5 account you can buy and sell US stocks with a commission from $0.02 per share. This means buying 10 shares in Walmart stock would result in a commission of $0.20 ($0.02 * 10 shares) for executing a per-side transaction.
However, there is a low minimum transaction fee of $1. So, the example trading idea above would result in a commission of just $1 overall.
How to Buy Walmart Stock in 4 Steps
With Admiral Markets, you can buy shares with a commission of just $0.02 per share and a low minimum commission of just $1 on US stocks.
- Open an account with Admiral Markets to access the dashboard.
- Click on Trade or Invest on one of your live or demo accounts to open the web platform.
- Search for your stock in the search window at the top.
- Input your entry, stop-loss and take profit levels in the trading ticket.
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Do You See the Walmart Stock Price Moving Differently?
If you believe there is a higher chance Walmart's share price will move lower, then you can also trade short from a CFD (Contracts for Difference) trading account which Admiral Markets also provide.
The Trade.MT5 and Trade.MT4 account allows you to speculate on the price direction of stocks and shares using CFDs.
This means you can trade long and short to speculate on rising and falling stock prices.
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