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Walmart forward PE WMT

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1997.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
39.9×
10-year median
24.0×
Against its 10-year history
94th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
15.5× to 48.4×
Peer median
22.8×

Walmart's forward PE is 39.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 24.0×, higher than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.5× in Jan 2017 to 48.4× in Feb 2026.

The median for 6 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 22.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far39.9×34.3×48.4×
202540.4×31.6×42.2×
202435.9×23.2×37.5×
202323.3×22.1×25.0×
202223.4×20.5×26.5×
202124.5×22.7×25.8×
202025.3×21.3×27.5×
201924.0×20.1×24.6×
201819.8×17.8×23.0×
201721.0×15.5×21.0×
201616.3×15.1×18.5×
201515.0×13.2×18.7×
201418.1×14.3×18.3×
201315.3×13.4×15.8×
201213.2×12.4×15.4×
201112.9×11.1×14.8×
201014.0×13.3×16.3×
200915.7×13.2×16.2×
200815.7×14.4×18.0×
200716.2×14.4×17.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Consumer Defensive nearest Walmart's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
WMTWalmart39.9×
COSTCostco Wholesale44.0×
KOCoca-Cola27.3×
PGProcter & Gamble23.3×
PMPhilip Morris International22.2×
PEPPepsiCo16.0×
MOAltria12.9×
Peer median22.8×

Where Walmart ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.