Walmart Ownership

WMT Stock  USD 95.05  0.04  0.04%   
Walmart retains a total of 7.98 Billion outstanding shares. Walmart owns significant amount of outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a CEO, other corporate executive, director, or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. Please note that on July 4, 2025, Representative Scott Franklin of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Walmart's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-12-31
Previous Quarter
8.1 B
Current Value
8.1 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
11.6 B
Quarterly Volatility
2.1 B
 
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Dividend Yield is likely to gain to 0.01 in 2025, despite the fact that Dividends Paid is likely to grow to (6.4 B). Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to gain to about 9.3 B in 2025, whereas Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop slightly above 13.3 B in 2025.
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Walmart Stock Ownership Analysis

About 45.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by insiders. The company last dividend was issued on the 15th of August 2025. Walmart had 3:1 split on the 26th of February 2024. Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, and other units worldwide. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart operates under Discount Stores classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 2300000 people. For more information please call John Furner at (479) 273-4000 or visit https://corporate.walmart.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Walmart also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Walmart's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Walmart's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Walmart Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

262.37 Billion

Walmart Insider Trades History

About 45.0% of Walmart are currently held by insiders. Unlike Walmart's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Walmart's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Walmart's insider trades
 
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Housing Crash
 
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Walmart Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Walmart is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Walmart backward and forwards among themselves. Walmart's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Walmart's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Fisher Asset Management, Llc2025-03-31
39.9 M
Franklin Resources Inc2025-03-31
39.7 M
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co2025-03-31
39.2 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2025-03-31
32.4 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-03-31
31.4 M
Ameriprise Financial Inc2025-03-31
30.9 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2025-03-31
30.6 M
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-12-31
29.8 M
Amvescap Plc.2025-03-31
29.2 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-03-31
426 M
Blackrock Inc2025-03-31
340.5 M
Note, although Walmart's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Walmart Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Walmart insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Walmart's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Walmart insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Walmart's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Walmart, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Walmart by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2025-07-04Representative Scott FranklinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-05-19Representative Dan NewhouseAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2025-05-07Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-04-11Representative Josh GottheimerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-04-03Representative Debbie DingellAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2025-03-07Representative Josh GottheimerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-01-15Representative Josh GottheimerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-11-11Representative Ro KhannaAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-06Representative John JamesAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-02Representative John JamesAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-08-16Representative Kathy ManningAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-02-06Representative Kathy ManningAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-23Senator James VanceAcquired $50K to $100KVerify
2023-10-19Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-08-23Representative Michael Patrick GuestAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-08-09Representative Richard W AllenAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2023-07-16Senator Shelley Moore CapitoAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-03-02Representative Diana HarshbargerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-02-09Representative Shri ThanedarAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-11-29Representative Diana HarshbargerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-10-29Representative Diana HarshbargerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-10-11Representative Scott FranklinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-08-31Representative Diana HarshbargerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-08-10Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-07-28Representative Diana HarshbargerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-07-08Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-06-02Representative Kurt SchraderAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-04-19Representative John RutherfordAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-04-08Representative Scott FranklinAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2022-03-02Representative Kurt SchraderAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-01-09Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-11-08Representative Richard W AllenAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-11-05Representative Kathy ManningAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-09-08Representative Marie NewmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-06-17Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-05-12Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-04-07Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2021-04-06Representative Mike GallagherAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-04-01Representative Kurt SchraderAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-02-23Representative Peter MeijerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-02-19Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-02-17Representative Chris JacobsAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2021-02-13Representative Marie NewmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-12-08Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-11-15Representative John A YarmuthAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-09-30Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-09-04Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired $50K to $100KVerify
2020-09-02Representative Debbie DingellAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-08-30Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-08-27Representative Joe CourtneyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-08-07Representative William R TimmonsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-08-05Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-07-29Representative Joe CourtneyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-04-13Representative Van TaylorAcquired $250K to $500KVerify
2020-04-11Representative Zoe LofgrenAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-03-28Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-03-27Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-03-04Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-08-07Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-07-08Senator Pat RobertsAcquired $50K to $100KVerify
2019-05-08Senator Shelley Moore CapitoAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-10-24Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-09-07Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-09-06Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-07-13Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-07-12Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-05-14Senator Shelley Moore CapitoAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-05-13Senator Shelley Moore CapitoAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-03-13Senator John HoevenAcquired $50K to $100KVerify
2018-03-03Senator Pat RobertsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-02-21Senator John HoevenAcquired $100K to $250KVerify
2018-02-13Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-02-12Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-12-11Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-12-10Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-12-06Senator David PerdueAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2017-12-05Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-09-12Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-09-11Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2017-08-28Senator David PerdueAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2016-07-27Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2016-06-15Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2016-05-02Senator Bill CassidyAcquired Under $15KVerify
2016-01-20Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2016-01-19Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2015-07-19Senator Susan M CollinsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2015-05-12Senator Susan M CollinsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2014-06-27Senator Susan M CollinsAcquired Under $15KVerify

Walmart Outstanding Bonds

Walmart issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Walmart uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Walmart bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Walmart has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Walmart Corporate Filings

F4
17th of July 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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25th of June 2025
Other Reports
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10Q
6th of June 2025
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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30th of May 2025
Other Reports
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