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Walmart (WMT) Shiller PE Ratio : 52.25 (As of Apr. 25, 2025)


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What is Walmart Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2025-04-25), Walmart's current share price is $95.09. Walmart's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $1.82. Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 52.25.

The historical rank and industry rank for Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMT' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.97   Med: 25.02   Max: 57.16
Current: 52.25

During the past years, Walmart's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 57.16. The lowest was 12.97. And the median was 25.02.

WMT's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
83.62% of 177 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 19.15 vs WMT: 52.25

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Walmart's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.650. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $1.82 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Walmart Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio 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 Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Walmart Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.45 27.61 27.83 31.40 53.83

Walmart Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Shiller PE Ratio 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 31.40 33.02 38.05 45.12 53.83

Competitive Comparison of Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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 Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


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Walmart Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Walmart's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=95.09/1.82
=52.25

* 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's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Walmart's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=0.65/134.0288*134.0288
=0.650

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Walmart Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201504 0.343 99.824 0.461
201507 0.360 100.691 0.479
201510 0.343 100.346 0.458
201601 0.477 99.957 0.640
201604 0.327 100.947 0.434
201607 0.403 101.524 0.532
201610 0.327 101.988 0.430
201701 0.407 102.456 0.532
201704 0.333 103.167 0.433
201707 0.320 103.278 0.415
201710 0.193 104.070 0.249
201801 0.243 104.578 0.311
201804 0.240 105.708 0.304
201807 -0.097 106.324 -0.122
201810 0.193 106.695 0.242
201901 0.423 106.200 0.534
201904 0.443 107.818 0.551
201907 0.420 108.250 0.520
201910 0.383 108.577 0.473
202001 0.483 108.841 0.595
202004 0.467 108.173 0.579
202007 0.757 109.318 0.928
202010 0.600 109.861 0.732
202101 -0.247 110.364 -0.300
202104 0.323 112.673 0.384
202107 0.507 115.183 0.590
202110 0.370 116.696 0.425
202201 0.427 118.619 0.482
202204 0.247 121.978 0.271
202207 0.627 125.002 0.672
202210 -0.220 125.734 -0.235
202301 0.773 126.223 0.821
202304 0.210 127.992 0.220
202307 0.970 128.974 1.008
202310 0.060 129.810 0.062
202401 0.677 130.124 0.697
202404 0.630 132.289 0.638
202407 0.560 132.708 0.566
202410 0.570 133.182 0.574
202501 0.650 134.029 0.650

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Walmart  (NYSE:WMT) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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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