Walmart
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations in the United States and 19 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam Walton and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses.
If you'd bought from year…
Same habit, different start year. Each row shows what a constant habit's worth of WMT would be worth today, had you started buying at that point in the asset's history.
| Started | $6/day$6/day coffee | $42/wk$42/week coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (1972) — listing | $160,839,295 1978.3× | $233,698,036 1983.0× |
| Year 6 (1977) | $53,083,009 710.4× | $76,893,941 710.2× |
| Year 11 (1982) | $6,401,268 95.3× | $9,261,431 95.2× |
| Year 16 (1987) | $1,622,825 27.2× | $2,346,021 27.2× |
| Year 21 (1992) | $720,318 13.9× | $1,042,999 13.8× |
| Year 26 (1997) | $376,948 8.5× | $546,757 8.5× |
| Year 31 (2002) | $242,134 6.6× | $351,344 6.6× |
| Year 36 (2007) | $162,363 5.5× | $235,903 5.5× |
| Year 41 (2012) | $88,560 4.1× | $128,762 4.1× |
| Year 46 (2017) | $41,530 2.9× | $60,445 2.9× |
Repeated investment, no fees, dividends reinvested. $6/day coffee = $180 / month equivalent.
Headquarters
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Popular scenarios with WMT
For illustration only — not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results.