Walmart forecast annual adjusted profit per share to be between $2.35 and $2.43, compared with its prior expectations to potentially better or be at the high end of a range of $2.23 to $2.37 per share
raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday for the second time this year, as Americans kept flocking to its stores for inexpensive everyday essentials and as it sold more higher-margin ads to product companies.
Walmart’s shares are richly valued, trading at about 27 times forward earnings, up from its historical average valuation of about 22, according to RBC, increasing pressure on the company to report strong results. Still, consumer spending has remained resilient this year, bolstered by higher wages and low unemployment. U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in four years in June, offering some relief to Americans struggling with steep prices for meat, toilet paper and packaged food. Data released on Wednesday by the Labor Department showed inflation continues to moderate.
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