Walmart Inc. is a technology-powered omnichannel retailer. Co. is engaged in the operation of retail and wholesale stores and clubs, as well as e-commerce websites and mobile applications, located throughout the U.S., Africa, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam's Club. The Walmart U.S. segment includes the Co.'s mass merchant concept in the U.S., as well as e-commerce, which includes omni-channel initiatives and certain other business offerings such as advertising services through Walmart Connect. It operates under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands.
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. |
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