Walmart Stock: Buy or Sell? | WMT Stock Analysis

In recent years, Walmart has done a great job closing the gap between itself and Amazon. In 2026, however, entering the year, I looked at the company's valuation and its prospects, and it looked too expensive. Now, after half of the year is gone and the company has reported several updates, I wanted to revisit and

decide if it's now a good buying opportunity for Walmart. >> I want to thank The Motley Fool for sponsoring this video. Visit fool.com/part Kev for the 10 best stocks to buy now. >> You can see the price action here for Walmart stock. It's been volatile. It's put investors on a roller coaster ride,

but year-to-date, it's relatively flat. It's up 0.83% compared to the S&P 500 index, which is up over 10%. But, albeit with Walmart stock, you're getting a less risky investment compared to the average stock in the S&P 500. And I mentioned over the last few years, and over the last decade, for that matter, Walmart has

done a great job closing its gap between its operations and Amazon's. Uh for the better part in the first half of the 2010s, Amazon was taking significant market share away from Walmart. Walmart was hesitant to invest in e-commerce. But since Walmart really stepped into those investments, the business has done really well, and revenue has soared up

to $725 billion in the trailing 12-month period. However, those investments have come at a price, and its operating profit margin has steadily trended downward over the previous decade. Not by all that much, but there wasn't much to work with to start with, right? Walmart never really operated with strong profit margins. In fact, if you remember, Walmart founder