Walmart: A Poster Child For Resilience, Limited Upside Potential At Current Levels

Vinay Utham, CFA
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Summary

  • Walmart's latest quarterly performance shows resilience and better-than-expected international segment performance.
  • The company had a fantastic quarter with increased sales, improved margins, and strong growth in its advertising and eCommerce businesses.
  • Flipkart, Walmart's Indian e-commerce platform, showed strong growth and plans to enter the quick commerce space, bolstered by a recent investment from Google.

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Investment Thesis

The last time I wrote about Walmart (NYSE:WMT), back in May 2023, I argued that despite an impressive performance both in its domestic market and internationally, from a valuation perspective it’s

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