Walmart Inc. (WMT) on Decifer

Why it ranks here

• Sales are growing about 5% a year, faster than 19 in 100 companies we measure.
• It keeps about 2 cents of every sales dollar as cash, safer than 56 in 100 companies we measure.
• It earns about 12% a year on the money put into the business, better than 64 in 100 companies we measure.
• It costs about 43 times its yearly profit; the middle of its industry is 18. Cheaper than 13 in 100 companies we measure, against their own industries.

The current read

The evidence on WMT lines up on the supportive side: the intelligence feed flags this name as connected to what is moving markets now. One signal disagrees: price is lagging the market story behind this name, a sign the connection is not paying off, worth watching but not the weight of the evidence.

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