WMT News
R40 coverage and dated third-party headlines for Walmart Inc. (WMT).
R40 Coverage
In February We Told You What Wall Street Expected From Walmart. Here Is What Happened — and Why Our Own Data Would Have Said It Missed by 27%.
Walmart's quarter ended 2026-01-31 printed $190.7B of revenue against a ~$189B consensus and adjusted EPS of $0.74 against $0.73 expected. Both were beats. Our stored earnings series says $0.53, because it is GAAP and the consensus was adjusted — a $0.21 gap that is entirely a net loss on equity investments, and which a year earlier was one cent.
Walmart Reports Tomorrow as the World's First $1 Trillion Retailer
Walmart reports Q4 FY2026 earnings on February 19 with a $1 trillion market cap and 75% of share gains coming from $100K+ households. Here's what to watch.
Prediction Markets
February 2026
Walmart Rides SMAs
Broke out wedge with volume; no reason to be bearish—ski lift pattern.
January 2026
Walmart Surges 2.94% to $127.71
Market cap tops $1T—first retailer; up 26% YTD, 468% decade vs S&P 264%; e-com to 500M items, AI supply chain.
Walmart Hiring Freeze
3-year freeze, billions into automation/AI; warehouses to checkout—fewer workers, nonstop efficiency.
Walmart Pivot to New York
Ecommerce demand climbing without stores; fulfillment, pricing, logistics key—advantage from systems, not branding.
The State of AI and Job Losses
Walmart plans more AI/robotics in operations.