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Walmart (WMT) Dividends per Share : $0.83 (TTM As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Walmart Dividends per Share?

Walmart's dividends per share for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.21. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.83. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was 0.32. As of today, Walmart's Dividend Yield % is 0.90%.

During the past 12 months, Walmart's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Walmart was 33.90% per year. The lowest was 1.80% per year. And the median was 16.60% per year.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Walmart Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Dividends per Share 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 Dividends per Share Chart

Walmart Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 0.73 0.75 0.76 0.83

Walmart Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Dividends per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21

Competitive Comparison of Walmart's Dividends per Share

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's Dividend Yield % falls into.


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Walmart Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Walmart  (NYSE:WMT) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Walmart's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Jan. 2025 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Jan. 2025 )
=0.208/ 0.66
=0.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Walmart was 0.46. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.41.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Walmart Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2350002025-03-212025-03-212025-04-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2075002024-12-132024-12-132025-01-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2075002024-08-162024-08-162024-09-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2075002024-05-092024-05-102024-05-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Walmart's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.8575/95.09
=0.90 %

Current Share Price is $95.09.
Walmart's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.8575.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Walmart was 3.45%. The lowest was 0.80%. And the median was 1.77%.

* 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.


Walmart Dividends per Share Related Terms

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Walmart Business Description

Address
702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716
Walmart serves as a leading retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,600 stores in the United States (5,200 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 locations globally. Walmart generated over $460 billion in domestic namesake sales in fiscal 2025, with Sam's Club contributing another $90 billion to the company's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $120 billion in sales. The retailer serves around 270 million customers globally each week.
Executives
Daniel J Bartlett officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John D Rainey officer: Executive Vice President C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
C Douglas Mcmillon officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Kathryn J. Mclay officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John R. Furner officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Rachel L Brand officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Christopher James Nicholas officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski officer: Senior Vice President 5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
S Robson Walton director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0105
Alice L Walton 10 percent owner 110 N.W. SECOND STREET, SUITE 300, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
Jim C Walton director, other: Director C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
Timothy Patrick Flynn director JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Randall L Stephenson director 208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Judith J Mckenna officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
M. Brett Biggs officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716