Up 19% in 2026, Is Walmart Stock a Buy Before Thursday's Earnings?

Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) reports its fiscal first quarter of 2027 results before the market opens on Thursday, and shares have already had a year worth watching. As of this writing, the stock is up almost 18% in 2026, recently brushing a 52-week high of $134.69. For comparison, the S&P 500 is up only about 6% year to date.That kind of move, however, introduces valuation risk: expectations are now elevated, too. The retail giant's stock trades in the mid-40s as a multiple of the midpoint of management's full-year fiscal 2027 non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings-per-share guidance. For a company growing total revenue in the mid-single digits, that is not a modest valuation.So with the report just days away, is the stock a buy here? Or is it better to wait?Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool