Walmart Inc operates in the Variety stores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Walmart Inc with three other
department stores in North America:
Target Corporation
(2020
sales of $93.56 billion
of which 26%
was Beauty and household essentials),
Dollar General Corporation
(2020 sales: $33.75 billion
of which 77%
was Consumables), and
Costco Wholesale Corporation
(2020 sales of $166.76 billion
of which 73%
was United States operations).
Sales Analysis.
During the second
calendar
quarter of 2021, sales at Walmart Inc totalled
$141.05 billion.
This is
an increase of 2.4%
from the $137.74 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020.
During the first two
calendar
quarters of 2021, sales totalled $279.36 billion, which is
2.6% higher
than through the first two quarters of 2020.
During the previous 22 quarters, sales at Walmart Inc have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year.
Sales at Walmart Inc appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 8
calendar
years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for
between 26.9% and 27.2%
of the annual
calendar year
sales.
(For the vast majority of American retailers, the last quarter of the year usually has the highest sales).
Walmart Inc reported sales of $559.15 billion
for the
fiscal
year ending
January of 2021.
This
represents
an
increase of 6.7%
versus 2020, when the company's sales were $523.96 billion.
Sales at Walmart Inc have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2016, sales have increased a total of 16%).
Sales of Sam's Club saw an increase
of
8.7% in 2021, from
$58.79 billion to $63.91 billion.