Positive sentiment towards WMT reflected in decline in short interest

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Walmart Inc shares valued at $298,093,005 were sold by Walton Family Holdings Trust on Jun 24 ’25. At $98.21 per share, Walton Family Holdings Trust sold 3,035,258 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 552,931,200 shares worth approximately $53.09 billion following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Walton Family Holdings Trust sold 321,361 shares, netting a total of over 31,545,631 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $98.16 each, the insider now holds 552,609,839 shares.

Before that, Jim C. Walton, as trustee of t had added 4,000,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $392,000,000, the Other: Shareholder bought Walmart Inc shares for $98.00 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on April 11, 2025, Walmart Inc [WMT] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $105. Analysts at DZ Bank upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late February. As of December 11, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets has reiterated its “an Overweight” rating for WMT. Earlier on November 21, 2024, DZ Bank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for WMT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing WMT Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Walmart Inc [NYSE: WMT] plunged -1.27% to $96.02. The stock’s lowest price that day was $95.915, but it reached a high of $97.34 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.98%. Over the course of the year, Walmart Inc shares have jumped approximately 39.36%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $105.30 on 02/14/25 and a 52-week low of $79.81 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Walmart Inc (WMT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 95.51, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 95.00. In the upper region, resistance lies at 96.93. The next price resistance is at 97.85. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.63 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Walmart Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Walmart Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -12.3 million shares to 38.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 51.03 million shares. A decline of -31.75% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.05 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.05.

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In terms of Walmart Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 111 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.13% from the previous closing price of $97.26. Analysts anticipate Walmart Inc stock to reach 113 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 110. In spite of this, 31 analysts ranked Walmart Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 20, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $100.

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