Walmart Stock Slips as Q2 Profit Comes Up Short

Shares of Walmart (WMT) fell about 2.5% in premarket trading Thursday after the giant retailer reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter profit below expectation. 

The Bentonville, Ark.-based firm posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.68, below the $0.73 expectation of analysts surveyed by Visible Alpha. Revenue increased nearly 5% year-over-year to $177.40 billion, ahead of the $175.97 billion consensus.

U.S. comparable sales growth came in at 4.3%, above the 4.1% projection. Global eCommerce sales rose 25%, “led by store-fulfilled pickup & delivery and marketplace,” while analysts were looking for 17.2% growth.

Walmart raised its fiscal 2026 outlooks for revenue and adjusted EPS, to 3.75% to 4.75% and $2.52 to $2.62, respectively.

Walmart shares entered Thursday up about 14% this year at $102.57, with all 12 of the analysts tracked by Visible Alpha with recent assessments recommending buying them.