Walmart Upcoming Earnings: How Will Tech Initiatives Shape Results?
2024.11.18 12:00
Walmart Inc (NYSE:) is a technology-powered omnichannel retailer. The Company is engaged in the operation of retail and wholesale stores and clubs, as well as e-commerce websites and mobile applications, located throughout the United States, Africa, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, and Mexico. The Walmart U.S. segment operates as a merchandiser of consumer products, operating under the Walmart, WalMart, and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands, as well as walmart.com and other eCommerce brands.
WMT Q3 2024 reports earnings at 7:01 AM ET TUESDAY, Nov 19, 2024
Price Performance:
Fundamentals:
Option Statistics:
Put/Call ratio for Nov. 22 expiry is 0.702% more calls than puts which suggests the following three scenarios:
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Any sharp rally will face liquidations of Calls pre or post earnings.
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Earning miss or lower guidance could trigger a sell-off Tuesday.
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Earning and guidance in line or better than estimates trigger a short-live rally.
Key Highlights:
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Walmart stock is trading 61% higher YTD, reflecting the strength of its diversified business.
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Robust E-Commerce Initiatives continues to produce positive outcomes.
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Consumers can get drugs delivered with their grocery orders; service will be available in 49 states by the end of January.
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Walmart’s Antidote to locked-up products. Some staff can use mobile devices to unlock display cases. Technology could be offered to Walmart+ loyalty members.
Technical Analysis Perspective:
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WMT rally from May 2022 is in a parabolic Arc pattern, showing a strong trend in progress.
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Monthly prices are rising inside a rising channel, challenging resistance between 88/90.
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A rejection of this channel resistance eyes a drop to 78/77 the middle line of the channel.
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A parabolic pattern has a tendency of reversing sharply with any negative catalyst.
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Monthly Relative Strength model is hovering around the extreme levels at 85% in November.
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The highest RSI reading has been between 88% (1998/99), 86% (1991) and 94% (1983).
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WMT RSI may remain higher for a while, however, it is showing a warning sign suggesting that this is not a time to buy.
WMT Monthly Chart
AMAT Seasonality Chart
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WMT 19 years seasonality suggests that it closes 2.8% higher in November 70% of the time.
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So far in November stock is up about 3.
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95% from its opening price.
Conclusion:
Technical setups suggest that the stock is at extreme levels; warning that this is not a time to buy. A prudent strategy will be to wait and see.
Fundamentally the stock appears to be overvalued as per a few analysts.
