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For the 12th time in 50 years, Walmart will conduct a stock split in an effort to make shares more affordable for its employees. Walmart last carried out a 2-for-1 stock split on April 20, 1999.
A stock split means a single share gets split into multiple shares. Under the plan Walmart announced, people who own shares by close of business on February 22 will get two new shares of Walmart ...
Walmart Inc. / 36.36556°N 94.21750°W / 36.36556; -94.21750. Walmart Inc. ( / ˈwɔːlmɑːrt / ⓘ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other countries.
On March 21, 2024, Walmart stock reached a record closing high of $61.45 per share. So far this year, its shares are already up 14%, beating the S&P 500's ( ^GSPC ) 10% gain.
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [ 1] The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding inside Oklahoma by 1968 and throughout the ...
Cifra - Walmart's operations in Mexico started as Walmex, a joint venture between Cifra of Mexico and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Walmart later bought a majority interest in Cifra and changed the name to Walmart de Mexico. Walmex is independently traded on the Mexican stock exchange, although Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. holds a majority interest.
Stock splits seem to be coming back into vogue. After Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), two of the higher-profile consumer goods stocks on the market, both announced ...
As of December 2014, the Waltons collectively owned 50.8 percent of Walmart. [4] In 2018, the family sold some of their company's stock and now owns just under 50%. [ 5 ] In August 2024, the Walton family's net worth was around US$ 324.2 billion.