Walmart Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
WMT on Nasdaq
Location
Bentonville, AR
Fiscal year end
31 January
Latest financial report
13 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • WMT - Walmart Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 22%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+3.3%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 11 Mar 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-03-11) highlights Return On Equity 21.8%, Return On Assets 6.8%, and Operating Margin 4.6%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

62.8/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

22%

Metric score 81.5/100

Return On Assets

6.8%

Metric score 60.4/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.79x
Quick Ratio
0.2x
Debt to Equity
0.64x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Current Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Operating Margin and Quick Ratio

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 22% +3.3%
Return On Assets 6.8% +6%
Operating Margin 4.6% -3%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.79x -4%
Quick Ratio 0.2x +1.6%
Debt-to-equity 0.64x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 4.7%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 13%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 7,972,402,501 -0.55%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $797,000,000 -0.62%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 7,983,000,000 -0.72%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 8,022,000,000 -0.73%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $706,413,000,000 +4.7%
Cost of Revenue $535,395,000,000 +4.6%
Operating Income (Loss) $29,825,000,000 +1.6%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $2,075,000,000 -620%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $29,469,000,000 +12%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $7,199,000,000 +17%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 2.74 +13%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 2.73 +13%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $10,727,000,000 +19%
Inventory, Net $58,851,000,000 +4.3%
Assets, Current $84,874,000,000 +6.8%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $136,083,000,000 +13%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $14,750,000,000 +8.5%
Goodwill $28,735,000,000 -0.2%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $14,103,000,000 +9.6%
Assets $284,668,000,000 +9.1%
Accounts Payable, Current $63,061,000,000 +7.5%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $7,878,000,000 -0.24%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $31,187,000,000 +6.3%
Liabilities, Current $107,469,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $13,941,000,000 +8.7%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $12,770,000,000 +6.1%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $104,774,000,000 +6.6%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $99,617,000,000 +9.5%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $105,887,000,000 +8.7%
Liabilities and Equity $284,668,000,000 +9.1%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 33,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.1 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $11,321,000,000 +19%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $4,421,000,000 -40%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $14,539,000,000 -12%
Operating Lease, Liability $15,572,000,000 +8.7%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $22,728,000,000 +33%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $22,624,000,000 +9.8%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $256,421,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $1,631,000,000 +8.8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $2,361,000,000 +12%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $2,453,000,000 +14%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.067 +3.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $7,052,000,000 +12%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $2,214,000,000 +11%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 100,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $2,440,000,000 -35%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $2,008,000,000 +9.4%
Additional Paid in Capital $6,816,000,000 +24%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $10,118,000,000 +11%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY