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Walmart Inc. WMT

Consumer Defensive  —  Discount Stores
104.26 0.34 0.33% as of 1 Oct
Market cap
$826.5B
P/E
37.5×
S&P 500 Member Nasdaq 100 Member Dow Jones Member Dividend Champion (10y) Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (10y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Walmart Inc. (WMT) Return on invested capital

Walmart Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 13.5%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (12.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.2% (fiscal 2020) to 13.8% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is in line with the Discount Stores industry median of 13.2% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.14%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 12.8% (0.97)
FY2025 13.8% 0.42
FY2024 13.3% 2.62
FY2023 10.7% (2.86)
FY2022 13.6% 1.64
FY2021 11.9% 1.73
FY2020 10.2% (0.42)
FY2019 10.6% (0.03)
FY2018 10.7% (1.30)
FY2017 12.0% (0.16)

Against its own ten years

Low 10.2% High 13.8%
Ten-year median 12.0%
Current reading's percentile 67

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 35.3%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 26.0%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 19.2%
TGT Target Corporation compare 13.6%
WMT Walmart Inc. 13.5%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 12.9%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.5%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 12.4%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare −3.83%
Discount Stores industry median 13.2%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.14%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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