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Walmart free cash flow WMT

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 1994.

Last 12 months, to Jul 31, 2026
$13.5B
Latest quarter, Q2 FY27
$7.5B
+15% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2026
$14.9B
+18% on the year before

Walmart's free cash flow was $13.5B over the twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, down 2% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q2 FY27, it was $7.5B, up 15% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2026 it shrank 10% a year on average.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2026$14.9B+18%
FY2025$12.7B−16%
FY2024$15.1B+26%
FY2023$12B+8%
FY2022$11.1B−57%
FY2021$25.8B+77%
FY2020$14.6B−16%
FY2019$17.4B−5%
FY2018$18.3B−13%
FY2017$21.1B+32%
FY2016$15.9B−3%
FY2015$16.4B+62%
FY2014$10.1B−20%
FY2013$12.7B+18%
FY2012$10.7B−2%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q2 FY27$7.5B+15%$13.5B
Q1 FY27−$1.9B−558%$12.6B
Q4 FY26$6.1B−5%$14.9B
Q3 FY26$1.9B+406%$15.3B
Q2 FY26$6.5B+4%$13.8B
Q1 FY26$425Mn/a$13.5B
Q4 FY25$6.4B−40%$12.7B
Q3 FY25$372Mn/a$17B
Q2 FY25$6.3B−29%$12B
Q1 FY25−$427M−309%$14.5B
Q4 FY24$10.8B+29%$15.1B
Q3 FY24−$4.6B−346%$12.7B

Against its peers

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

CompanyFree cash flow yield
WMTWalmart1.4%
COSTCostco Wholesale2.1%
KOCoca-Cola3.6%
PGProcter & Gamblen/m
PMPhilip Morris Internationaln/m
PEPPepsiCo5.7%
MOAltria7.3%
Peer median4.6%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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