Walmart Inc. (WMT): stock score 45/100
Walmart Inc. (WMT) scores 45 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.
WMT scores 44.9 out of 100 (around average), up 6.3 points from last week. Its price trend adds the most (+1.2 points: price is +8.4% vs its 100-day average). Its stability weighs on it most (-2.6 points: forecast 23.8% vs normal 22.5%). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.
How the score is built
Trend: 56/100 (+1.2 points)
- Price is +8.4% vs its 100-day average → higher than 68% of the comparison group → 68
- 12-1 month momentum +4.9% → higher than 44% of the comparison group → 44
- Average of the two → trend score 56.1
Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.
Stability: 37/100 (-2.6 points)
- Forecast 23.8% vs normal 22.5% → ratio 1.06
- Ratio is higher than 63% of the comparison group → 100 minus 63 → stability 36.9 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)
A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.
Fundamentals: 43/100 (-1.3 points)
- Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +6.6% → higher than 37% of the comparison group → 37
- Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.4 pp → higher than 43% of the comparison group → 43
- Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -0.2 pp → higher than 51% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 51
- Average of available items → fundamentals score 43.3
Not yet tested in our research.
Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)
- VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
- Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
- Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
- Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
- Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)
Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.
News tone: 38/100 (-2.5 points)
- Average FinBERT sentiment -0.009 over 48 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone -0.009
- Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 37.5
Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.
WMT score history (weekly)
| Week ending | Score | Band | Trend | Stability | Fundamentals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 45 | Around average | 56 | 37 | 43 |
| 2026-10-16 | 39 | Below average | 49 | 39 | 45 |
| 2026-10-09 | 41 | Around average | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| 2026-10-02 | 35 | Below average | 31 | 37 | 45 |
| 2026-09-25 | 43 | Around average | 32 | 52 | 45 |
| 2026-09-18 | 32 | Below average | 28 | 5 | 45 |
| 2026-09-11 | 35 | Below average | 27 | 5 | 45 |
| 2026-09-04 | 37 | Below average | 23 | 4 | 46 |
| 2026-08-28 | 36 | Below average | 25 | 5 | 46 |
| 2026-08-21 | 37 | Below average | 20 | 11 | 48 |
| 2026-08-14 | 51 | Around average | 28 | 70 | 48 |
| 2026-08-07 | 46 | Around average | 23 | 71 | 48 |
Consumer discretionary stocks compared
- TGT: 52/100
- GM: 50/100
- CVS: 50/100
- NFLX: 49/100
- DIS: 48/100
- AMZN: 46/100
- COST: 45/100
- WMT: 45/100
- LOW: 41/100
- SBUX: 39/100
- HD: 38/100
- F: 33/100
- MCD: 29/100
Questions
What is Walmart Inc.'s (WMT) Quantooo score today?
WMT scores 45 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 67th of 99 overall and 8th of 13 in Consumer discretionary. It was 39 a week earlier.
What raises and lowers WMT's score?
Trend adds the most (56/100, +1.2 points) and stability weighs on it most (37/100, -2.6 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.
Is WMT stock volatile right now?
Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 23.8% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 22.5% for WMT: bumpier than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 37/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.
How are Walmart Inc.'s fundamentals changing?
Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +6.6%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.4 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -0.2 pp. Fundamentals score: 43/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-08-28 (period to 2026-07-31).
Does the score predict WMT's share price?
No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.
Sector: Consumer discretionary. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.