Answered on the record on 30 October 2026, from the files as they stood that day What the grade is made of
Walmart Inc. is graded 4.9 of 10, blending 3.4 for its past, 6.0 for its present and 4.5 for its future. All nine metrics behind it are read as filed from the record, and none is a CrossAssetData estimate.
How this list was made. The grade blends nine metrics, three for each tense; each ranks the company within its family, Retail-Variety Stores, as a percentile, and scores the rank out of 10. The tenses are weighted by the kind of business, here a retail business: the past at 25 percent, the present at 45 percent and the future at 30 percent. A metric reads as filed when it is arithmetic on the filed record, and as a CrossAssetData estimate, with its because, only where the record cannot read it.
- WMTSurviving crises past, 0.5 of 10, read as filedFilings since 2017 show 1 warning event, a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01), on 20 November 2025. Its burden of 3 points, weighted by kind and age, ranks at the 5th percentile among 10; fewer points read higher.
- WMTTrack record past, 5.4 of 10, read as filedRevenue as filed went from $486 billion in fiscal 2017 to $713 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.4% a year, rising every year and profitable in all 10. That ranks at the 54th percentile among 10 in its family.
- WMTShareholder treatment past, 6.5 of 10, read as filedOver the 3 fiscal years to 31 January 2026 the diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 31% of operating cash flow. That ranks at the 65th percentile among 10 in its family.
- WMTFinancial health present, 6.2 of 10, read as filedIn the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026, return on equity was about 21 cents of profit per dollar of shareholders' money, and leverage about 63 cents owed per dollar of assets. That ranks at the 62nd percentile among 10 in its family.
- WMTIndustry position present, 5.5 of 10, read as filedRevenue of $713 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 6% of its family by size, a net margin of 3.1% in the bottom 35%. Three-year growth of 5.3% a year also ranks in the bottom 35%; overall, the 55th percentile among 10.
- WMTLeadership present, 6.5 of 10, read as filedTwo parts read high: 7 officer or director changes since 30 October 2023 against the 28 in charge now, and their median of 7.1 years on the record, each top 6%. The third, the chief executive's 9 months under that title, reads bottom 6%.
- WMTRoom to expand future, 3.2 of 10, read as filedIn fiscal 2026, debt of $35 billion above cash of $11 billion and a gross margin of 24.9% each rank in the bottom 35% of its family. Cash from operations less capital spending, 2.1% of revenue, ranks in the bottom 25%.
- WMTGrowth drivers future, 5.0 of 10, read as filedRevenue grew 5.3% a year over the last three filed years against 4.4% over all 10, speeding up, but the newest year's 4.7% ranks in the bottom 25%. All 3 lines of business grew in fiscal 2026, Walmart US the largest at $483 billion.
- WMTExpectations vs reality future, 4.5 of 10, read as filedRevenue of $713 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.8% below the $719 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to, in the bottom 5%. Net income of $22 billion against a prior three-year average of $16 billion reads in the top 35%.
Where it reads highest and lowest
The highest readings are Shareholder treatment, a past reading, and Leadership, a present one, both 6.5 of 10. The lowest are Surviving crises at 0.5, a past reading, and Room to expand at 3.2, a future one. The present, at 6.0 the highest of the three tenses, carries the most weight for a retail business, 45 percent.
What the grade reads
Each metric is read through 29 October 2026. The metrics on the filed statements read the newest annual report on file, the 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026, filed on 13 March 2026.
By the desk, an AI model, from the record alone (ruling 162). Every figure is a field of the files named above, matched by value when the answer was staged. Nothing here is advice, and nothing here is a price.
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