Lobbying Update: $80,000 of WALMART INC lobbying was just disclosed

$80,000 of WALMART INC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Monitoring and advocacy on corporate and international tax policy. IRA tax guidance. Monitor issues related to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) P.L. 115-97. Monitor issues related to on-shoring and other legislative efforts impacting supply chains, including proposed tariffs. Monitored efforts related to consumer data privacy legislation."

You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.

WMT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $WMT stock 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 9 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WMT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE DINGELL purchased up to $50,000 on 03/27.
REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 03/20.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 7 times. They made 7 purchases worth up to $105,000 on 03/17, 03/11, 02/03, 01/22, 12/20, 12/19, 12/18 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 01/17.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

WMT Insider Trading Activity

WMT insiders have traded $WMT stock on the open market 48 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 47 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WMT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

FAMILY HOLDINGS TRUST WALTON has made 0 purchases and 17 sales selling 18,661,244 shares for an estimated $1,697,104,334.
C DOUGLAS MCMILLON (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 174,744 shares for an estimated $15,779,062.
RACHEL L BRAND (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 83,861 shares for an estimated $8,137,181.
JOHN R. FURNER (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 65,625 shares for an estimated $5,993,793.
JOHN D RAINEY (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 46,200 shares for an estimated $4,473,064.
CHRISTOPHER JAMES NICHOLAS (Executive Vice President) sold 17,600 shares for an estimated $1,661,851
DANIEL J BARTLETT (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 10,880 shares for an estimated $999,288.
DAVID CHOJNOWSKI (Senior Vice President) sold 5,600 shares for an estimated $512,125
ROBERT EDWARD JR. MORITZ purchased 5,446 shares for an estimated $499,997
KATHRYN J. MCLAY (Executive Vice President) sold 4,000 shares for an estimated $343,800

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

WMT Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 1,613 institutional investors add shares of WMT stock to their portfolio, and 1,563 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 23,369,467 shares (+73.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,111,431,343
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC removed 8,182,096 shares (-24.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $739,252,373
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC added 6,860,189 shares (+37.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $619,818,076
BOSTON PARTNERS removed 6,642,542 shares (-98.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $600,153,669
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 6,375,278 shares (-12.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $576,006,367
NORGES BANK removed 5,893,956 shares (-8.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $532,518,924
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC removed 4,780,844 shares (-10.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $431,949,255

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

WMT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $WMT in the last several months. We have seen 15 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Telsey Advisory issued a "Outperform" rating on 02/28/2025
Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/28/2025
UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 02/28/2025
Citigroup issued a "Positive" rating on 02/20/2025
Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/07/2025
BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/18/2024
Tigress Financial issued a "Buy" rating on 12/13/2024

To track analyst ratings and price targets for WMT, check out Quiver Quantitative's $WMT forecast page.

WMT Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $WMT recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $WMT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $99.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Michael Lasser from UBS set a target price of $113.0 on 01/31/2025
Bradley Thomas from KeyBanc set a target price of $100.0 on 12/11/2024
Steven Shemesh from RBC Capital set a target price of $105.0 on 12/09/2024
Scot Ciccarelli from Truist Financial set a target price of $98.0 on 11/19/2024
Arun Sundaram from CFRA set a target price of $96.0 on 11/19/2024
Peter Keith from Piper Sandler set a target price of $93.0 on 11/18/2024

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