Walmart Inc. is a technology-powered omnichannel retailer. Co. is engaged in the operation of retail and wholesale stores and clubs, as well as e-commerce websites and mobile applications, located throughout the U.S., Africa, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam's Club. The Walmart U.S. segment includes the Co.'s mass merchant concept in the U.S., as well as e-commerce, which includes omni-channel initiatives and certain other business offerings such as advertising services through Walmart Connect. It operates under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands. We show 65 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our WMT shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute WMT market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Walmart market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Walmart's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Walmart versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Walmart market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Walmart can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Walmart by allowing them to research the Walmart market cap history. |
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