“Excluding the $2.7 billion currency impact, we delivered total revenue of $123.6 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent over past year”, Doug McMillon, President & CEO, said on an earning call in regards to the report. Shares rose 3.5% to $75.48 in premarket trading.
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Wal-Mart’s vast fleet of stores and its online business are starting to click together. Unfavorable currency and higher investments in wages and e-commerce activities took a toll on the company’s results. Jennie-O Turkey Store operating profit up 59 percent; volume up 29 percent; dollar sales up 20 percent. The system could be eventually launched to all 4,600 U.S. Wal-Mart stores.
Howlett flagged “fraying of industry alignment” as Sobeys (and its parent, Empire Company) and Wal-Mart Canada continue to pursue new pricing strategies. By comparison, online giant Amazon.com Inc.AMZN 0.08 % logged $107 billion in revenue a year ago.
Clarke, the former head of Wal-Mart’s China unit who replaced Andy Clarke as CEO last month, faces a tough task to revive the supermarket chain after eight successive quarters of declining same-store sales. The high target is $85.00. The retail giant also lifted its outlook for the year. That subscription service, meant to compete with Amazon Prime, offers free two-day shipping for $49 a year.
Considering its sales growth, Wal-Mart has strong future business fundamentals despite strong market competition.
The company generated $120.85 billion in total revenues, exceeding its $120.16 billion consensus estimates.
For the three months that ended in July, the Bentonville, Ark. -based retailer reported a net income of $1.21 per share.
Store visits increased 1.2 per cent. Analysts had expected the company to earn $0.36 per share, according figures compiled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue was up 0.5% to US$120.85bn, which was a little better than the US$120.16bn retail analysts had been expecting. “Our strategy in the USA is working as we delivered an eighth consecutive quarter of positive comps”.
The group, which accounts for almost 10 per cent of USA retail sales, was boosted by a 6.5 per cent increase in revenues at its supermarket-sized Neighborhood Market, which helped like-for-like United States sales rise 1.6 per cent. They were up 1.8 percent at US$74.23 in afternoon trade. This year Company’s Earnings per Share (EPS) growth is -55.90% and next year’s EPS growth is 9.52%.
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The analyst with the most positive stance sees it reaching $109, while the most conservative target rests at $50.
