Walmart Inc. - Common Stock (WMT)
Stock · Consumer Staples
WMT historical returns, growth, and risk - total return with all dividends reinvested, 1972-09-30 to 2026-06-30.
⚠ Source dividend records for WMT are incomplete before 1978-01-01 - returns before then understate by roughly 0.7%/yr (price-only stretches). Later years are dividend-complete.
WMT · $10,000 invested at 1972-09-30
CAGR18.46%
Total return913932.07%
Max drawdown-72.46%Dec 1974
Volatility29.34%
Sharpe0.58
Final balance$91,403,207
Best year176.42%1975
Worst year-61.25%1973
Avg daily volume20.6M
Avg daily $ volume$2.54B
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