CluenexWalmart Inc WMT
Walmart Inc scores average on business quality (5.5 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Walmart Inc does
Walmart operates massive discount retail and grocery stores, collecting revenue from millions of daily shoppers worldwide. The company is scaling its digital marketplace and high-margin advertising services to capture higher-value transactions.
- What it does best
Walmart dominates physical and digital retail scale, generating $735.8 billion in revenue. This unmatched purchasing power forces suppliers into lower wholesale prices that smaller rivals like Target cannot match.
- The main risk
Discount grocery structural shifts and aggressive store closures threaten localized foot traffic, directly pressuring the high-volume grocery margins that anchor its core retail business model.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin is thin at 4.4% and FCF margin is 1.8%, reflecting extreme retail scale with tight per-item profits. This low-margin structure scales heavily on volume rather than per-transaction richness.
Scale advantages lock in everyday consumers through unbeatable physical proximity and pricing power. It ranks in the 66th percentile for return on equity at 22.7%, cementing its defensive retail moat.
Revenue growth is running at 4.7%, expanding steadily from $611.2B in 2023. The top line continues a stable upward trajectory without sharp acceleration.
Interest coverage sits at 13.7x and debt-to-equity is 0.5, backed by $42.9B in operating cash flow. Free cash flow stands at $13.5B, keeping the balance sheet firmly secure.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on WMT
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Walmart Inc scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.5 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth slow and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 19, 2026.
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