Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Walmart Inc shares valued at $222,933 were sold by Rainey John D on Oct 01 ’25. At $101.33 per share, Rainey John D sold 2,200 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 621,718 shares worth approximately $63.27 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McMillon C Douglas sold 19,416 shares, netting a total of over 2,003,987 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $103.21 each, the insider now holds 4,373,576 shares.
Before that, McLay Kathryn J. had sold 4,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $415,320, the Executive Vice President traded Walmart Inc shares for $103.83 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $106.7 million.
Analysts at Erste Group upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of April 11, 2025, Mizuho has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for WMT. Earlier on February 25, 2025, DZ Bank upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for WMT stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing WMT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Walmart Inc [NYSE: WMT] plunged -1.10% to $101.77. The stock’s lowest price that day was $100.37, but it reached a high of $103.44 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.07%. Over the course of the year, Walmart Inc shares have jumped approximately 28.66%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $106.11 on 09/17/25 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 100.28, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 98.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 103.36. The next price resistance is at 104.94. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 48.51 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Walmart Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Walmart Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 1.65 million shares to 40.82 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 39.17 million shares. A jump of 4.04% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.34 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.34.
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In terms of Walmart Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 118 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.67% from the previous closing price of $102.9. Analysts anticipate Walmart Inc stock to reach 129 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 109. In spite of this, 31 analysts ranked Walmart Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 11, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $100.
