All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-11-20.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2025-11-20) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+4.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $486 billion in fiscal 2017 to $713 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 31% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 70 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Walmart Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 31% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 70 sales (66 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Walmart Inc. earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 62 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.7% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 45% of 10 in its family; net margin 3.1%.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $713 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 6% by size; a net margin of 3.1% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of 5.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 35% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 35% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Furner, John R. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-03, 9 months (bottom 6% of its family); the 28 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.2 years (top 6%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 28 people in charge now (top 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 32% of 10 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $11 billion against debt of $35 billion leaves -8.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.1% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 24.9% (bottom 35%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 50% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.3% a year over the last three filed years against 4.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 35% of its family); the newest year grew 4.7% (bottom 25%); capital spending grew 16.5% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). Walmart Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Walmart US at $483 billion (68%), Walmart International at $130 billion (19%), Sams Club US at $93 billion (13%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 45% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Walmart Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $713 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.8% below the $719 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 5% of its family); net income of $22 billion against a prior three-year average of $16 billion (top 35%); a net margin of 3.1% against 2.4% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made