Walmart (BUE:WMT) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.40% (As of Jan. 2025 )

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What is Walmart 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past year, calculated as the percentage change in shares outstanding from the previous year to the current year. A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance. Walmart's current 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.40%.

BUE:WMT's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
67.32% of 153 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: -0.2 vs BUE:WMT: 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Walmart's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 1-Year Share Buyback 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 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Walmart's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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Walmart 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

Walmart's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio	=	(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Jan. 2024 )	-	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Jan. 2025 ))	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Jan. 2024 )
	=	(2684.667	-	2674.667)	/	2684.667
	=	0.4%

* 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 (BUE:WMT) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

Walmart 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms

Walmart Business Description

Industry

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Address

702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

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.