Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a worldwide household name in mass merchandising. The home office is located at 702 Southwest 8th Street Bentonville, AR 72716. Their phone number is 501-273-4000 and their fax number is 501-273-4053. They are listed on the NYSE and their ticker symbol is WMT. Their webpage is http://www.walmartstores.com. At last count they employed 1,244,000 people.
Business Summary: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is principally engaged in the operation of mass merchandising stores located worldwide. As reported on January 31, 2001, the Company operated the following numbers and types of stores: …1,736 discount stores … 888 Supercenters … 475 SAM'S Clubs … 19 Neighborhood Markets.
The Company operates internationally in the following countries: … Argentina (11) … Brazil (20) … Canada (174) … Germany (94) … Korea (6) … Mexico (499) … Puerto Rico (15) … United Kingdom (241) … China (11) (under joint venture agreements)
The Company operates through three segments, the Wal-Mart Stores segment, the SAM'S Club segment and the International segment. Financial Summary: Walmart operates discount department stores, warehouse membership clubs and a combination full-line supermarket and discount department store. The figures reported for the six months ended 7/31/01 show that revenues rose 13% to $101.83 billion and net income rose 3% to $3 billion. Revenues reflect comparative store sales increases and higher sales at Wal-Mart, SAM'S CLUB and McLane. It should be noted that net income was partially offset by lower gross margins, reorganization costs and higher operating and SGA expenses
Officers of the company: …S. Robson Walton, 56, Chairman …Lee Scott, Jr., 52, Pres, CEO, Director …Thomas Schoewe, 48, CFO, Exec. VP …John Menzer, 50, Exec. VP and Pres and CEO of Wal-Mart International Division …Thomas Coughlin, 52, Exec. VP, Pres and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division & Director
Recent Events: …Aug 14 Earnings Announcement …July 31 Fiscal quarter ended …July 9 Dividend payment of $0.07
Company Statistics: The following company statistics are good as of the first day of September 1, 2001. Note: Abbreviations are M=million, B=billion, ttm=twelve trailing months, mrq=most recent quarter, EBITDA=Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation Amortization.
Price and Volume of Shares: …52 week low on 12 Oct 2000 of $41.438 …52 week high on 03 Jan 2001 of $50.80 …daily volume on 3 months basis was 6.42M …daily volume on 10 day basis was 7.24M
Stock Performance: WMT’s stock performance showed a 52-week change of +28.2%.
Share Related Information: WMT shows a market capitalization of $227.1B with a 2.68B share float.
Dividends and Splits: …annual dividend is $28 (indicated) …dividend yield is 0.55% …last split was a 2 for 1 on 20 April 1999
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