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Walmart (WMT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.84 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Walmart's current share price is $60.16. Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $71.94. Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMT' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.68   Max: 0.9
Current: 0.84

During the past years, Walmart's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 0.90. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.68.

WMT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
71.37% of 227 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs WMT: 0.84

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Walmart's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $21.393. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $71.94 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Walmart Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 0.82 0.74 0.70 0.77

Walmart Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 0.72 0.75 0.76 0.77

Competitive Comparison of Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Walmart Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=60.16/71.94
=0.84

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Walmart's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Walmart's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=21.393/129.4194*129.4194
=21.393

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

Walmart Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201404 11.798 100.023 15.265
201407 12.355 100.520 15.907
201410 12.243 100.176 15.817
201501 13.523 98.604 17.749
201504 11.802 99.824 15.301
201507 12.404 100.691 15.943
201510 12.158 100.346 15.680
201601 13.613 99.957 17.625
201604 12.249 100.947 15.704
201607 12.916 101.524 16.465
201610 12.707 101.988 16.125
201701 14.189 102.456 17.923
201704 12.859 103.167 16.131
201707 13.611 103.278 17.056
201710 13.705 104.070 17.043
201801 15.258 104.578 18.882
201804 13.784 105.708 16.876
201807 14.486 106.324 17.633
201810 14.156 106.695 17.171
201901 15.887 106.200 19.361
201904 14.313 107.818 17.181
201907 15.148 108.250 18.110
201910 14.912 108.577 17.775
202001 16.535 108.841 19.661
202004 15.751 108.173 18.845
202007 16.121 109.318 19.085
202010 15.761 109.861 18.567
202101 17.843 110.364 20.924
202104 16.297 112.673 18.719
202107 16.720 115.183 18.787
202110 16.747 116.696 18.573
202201 18.323 118.619 19.991
202204 17.067 121.978 18.108
202207 18.562 125.002 19.218
202210 18.789 125.734 19.340
202301 20.200 126.223 20.712
202304 18.775 127.992 18.984
202307 19.932 128.974 20.001
202310 19.830 129.810 19.770
202401 21.393 129.419 21.393

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Walmart  (NYSE:WMT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Walmart (WMT) Business Description

Address
702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716
Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,700 stores in the United States (5,300 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 stores globally. Walmart generated over $420 billion in domestic namesake sales last year, with Sam's Club contributing another $84 billion to the firm's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $100 billion in sales. The company serves around 240 million customers globally each week.
Executives
John D Rainey officer: Executive Vice President C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jim C Walton director, other: Director C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
S Robson Walton director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0105
Alice L Walton 10 percent owner 110 N.W. SECOND STREET, SUITE 300, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
C Douglas Mcmillon officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John R. Furner officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Rachel L Brand officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Christopher James Nicholas officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski officer: Senior Vice President 5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Daniel J Bartlett officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Randall L Stephenson director 208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Judith J Mckenna officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
M. Brett Biggs officer: Executive Vice President 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Marc E. Lore officer: Executive Vice President 443 GREENWICH STREET, PHA, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kathryn J. Mclay officer: Executive Vice President 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716

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