Walmart is engaged in global operations of retail, wholesale and other units, as well as eCommerce, located throughout the U.S., Africa, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India and Mexico. Co.'s segments are: Walmart U.S., which is a mass merchandiser of consumer products, operating under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands, as well as walmart.com and other eCommerce brands; Walmart International, which operates through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, Chile, China, and Africa, and its majority-owned subsidiaries in India, as well as Mexico and Central America; and Sam's Club, which is a membership-only warehouse club that also operates samsclub.com.
When researching a stock like Walmart, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from WMT Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for WMT stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the WMT 200 day moving average ("WMT 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the WMT 50 day moving average ("WMT 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Walmart. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the WMT 200 DMA and the WMT 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("WMT MACD"). The WMT MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |
Free WMT Email Alerts:
Video: Technical Analysis