How to buy Walmart shares in the UK

Walmart is an American multinational retail company, best known for its discount stores. Walmart is not only the top US retailer, with 1,500 stores across 27 countries, the company holds a worldwide presence.

How to buy shares in Walmart

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. WMT in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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These providers cover a wide range of stocks, but we can't guarantee they'll all offer this stock.

All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Walmart), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Walmart is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

ETF	5-year performance (to August 2024)	1-year performance (to August 2024)	Link to invest
Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP)	94.07%	22.23%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX)	93.77%	22.24%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1)	91.84%	21.98%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX)	80.38%	20.63%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA)	79.29%	20.60%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5)	79.17%	20.61%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Walmart stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Walmart's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of WMT stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $82.45

1 week (2024-10-29)	1.93%
1 month (2024-10-05)	2.21%
3 months (2024-08-05)	18.49%
6 months (2024-05-05)	37.92%
1 year (2023-11-05)	54.02%
2 years (2022-11-05)	81.71%
3 years (2021-11-05)	72.32%
5 years (2019-11-05)	124.47%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Walmart under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Walmart P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Walmart's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Walmart's shares trade at around 43x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

However, Walmart's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

Walmart's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8971. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Walmart's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Walmart's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Walmart's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $0 billion (£0 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Walmart's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

Costco Wholesale (COST.US): USD$11.5 billion
Target Corporation (TGT.US): USD$9.2 billion
Tesco (TSCO.LSE): £4.2 billion
Amazon-com (AMZN.US): USD$104 billion

Frequently asked questions

Walmart's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 25 February 2024. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Walmart shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Walmart shares which in turn could have impacted Walmart's share price.
It's as easy to sell Walmart as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Walmart shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Walmart shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Walmart financials

Revenue TTM	$665 billion
Operating margin TTM	4.69%
Gross profit TTM	$147.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.95%
Return on equity TTM	18.53%
Profit margin	2.34%
Book value	$10.51
Market capitalisation	$658.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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