Parcion Private Wealth LLC Has $348,000 Stock Holdings in Walmart Inc. $WMT

Parcion Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 3,562 shares of the retailer’s stock after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Walmart were worth $348,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 8.5% in the second quarter. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC now owns 12,192 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $1,192,000 after acquiring an additional 955 shares during the last quarter. TFB Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 2.5% in the second quarter. TFB Advisors LLC now owns 16,080 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $1,572,000 after acquiring an additional 389 shares during the last quarter. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 6.5% in the second quarter. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. now owns 4,481 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $438,000 after acquiring an additional 273 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 6.3% in the second quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 264,912 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $25,903,000 after acquiring an additional 15,718 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Phillips Financial Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Walmart by 1.6% in the second quarter. Phillips Financial Management LLC now owns 7,478 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $731,000 after acquiring an additional 118 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.76% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on WMT shares. Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of Walmart from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $115.00 price objective (up previously from $112.00) on shares of Walmart in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $106.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Walmart in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Walmart from $101.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. Thirty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $112.67.

Insider Activity at Walmart

In other Walmart news, EVP John R. Furner sold 13,125 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.55, for a total transaction of $1,293,468.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 919,189 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $90,586,075.95. This trade represents a 1.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP John D. Rainey sold 2,200 shares of Walmart stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.37, for a total value of $214,214.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 623,918 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,750,895.66. The trade was a 0.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 131,622 shares of company stock valued at $13,444,273. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Walmart Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of WMT stock opened at $107.05 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $853.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 0.67. Walmart Inc. has a one year low of $79.81 and a one year high of $109.57. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $101.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $98.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 21st. The retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $169.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $174.02 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 3.08% and a return on equity of 21.45%. The firm’s revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.67 earnings per share. Walmart has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.600 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 2.520-2.620 EPS. Analysts predict that Walmart Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Walmart Company Profile

Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.