By Alexander Bueso
Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Walmart blew past analysts' forecasts for its first quarter and sounded a confident note on the outlook.
The discount retailer posted quarterly sales of $138.3bn, beating estimates for $132.1bn and the $134.6bn year earlier figure.
That saw it deliver adjusted earnings per share of $1.69, ahead of analysts' estimates for EPS of $1.21.
What's more, the company said it was more optimistic than at the start of 2021, amid encouraging traffic and grocery trends.
The news was pushing its shares 2.69% higher to $142.62 as of 1215 BST.
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Currency | US Dollars |
Share Price | $ 60.21 |
Change Today | $ 0.34 |
% Change | 0.57 % |
52 Week High | $175.86 |
52 Week Low | $58.61 |
Volume | 19,258,100 |
Shares Issued | 8,077m |
Market Cap | $486,316m |
Beta | 0.58 |
RiskGrade | 117 |
Strong Buy | 14 |
Buy | 19 |
Neutral | 5 |
Sell | 0 |
Strong Sell | 0 |
Total | 38 |
Time | Volume / Share Price |
16:00 | 1,732,021 @ $60.21 |
15:59 | 2,000 @ $60.21 |
15:59 | 900 @ $60.20 |
15:59 | 116 @ $60.22 |
15:59 | 7,900 @ $60.21 |
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