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Financial profile · Q2 FY2027

A scaled retail platform pairing steady growth with rising reinvestment

Walmart's multi-year history shows a volume-led retail model with recurring mid-single-digit revenue expansion and narrow but resilient operating margins. It converts earnings into substantial operating cash, while spending on stores, supply chain, technology, and omnichannel capabilities makes free cash flow increasingly sensitive to investment intensity.

What is developing

The July 31, 2026 results reinforce the established pattern of sales and operating-income growth, but also show that heavier capital spending is absorbing more of the operating-cash increase. The business remains cash generative, yet incremental growth now requires more reinvestment than earlier in the history.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow continues to cover the enlarged capital-spending base without further TTM free-cash-flow erosion.

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6.6B 6.5B 7.7B 9.5B 17.7B 14.8B 8.6B 9.9B 9B 10.7B
5.8B 5.6B 6.3B 6.3B 6.5B 8.3B 7.9B 8.8B 10B 11.2B
5.8B 5.6B 6.3B 6.3B 6.5B 8.3B 7.9B 8.8B 10B 11.2B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43B 43.8B 44.3B 44.4B 44.9B 56.5B 56.6B 54.9B 56.4B 58.9B
2.2B 3.8B 3.6B 1.6B 20.9B 1.5B 2.5B 3.3B 4B 4.1B
57.7B 59.7B 61.9B 61.8B 90.1B 81.1B 75.7B 76.9B 79.5B 84.9B
114.2B 114.8B 111.4B 127B 109.8B 112.6B 119.2B 130.3B 139.7B 157B
114.2B 114.8B 111.4B 127B 109.8B 112.6B 119.2B 130.3B 139.7B 157B
(77B) (83B) (87.2B) (89.8B) (88.4B) (94.8B) (101.6B) (109B) (111.6B) (120.3B)
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17B 18.2B 31.2B 31.1B 29B 29B 28.2B 28.1B 28.8B 28.7B
9.9B 11.8B 14.8B 16.6B 23.6B 22.2B 20.1B 17.1B 8.4B 9.8B
17B 18.2B 31.2B 31.1B 29B 29B 28.2B 28.1B 28.8B 28.7B
198.8B 204.5B 219.3B 236.5B 252.5B 244.9B 243.2B 252.4B 260.8B 284.7B
41.4B 46.1B 47.1B 47B 49.1B 55.3B 53.7B 56.8B 58.7B 63.1B
20.7B 22.1B 22.2B 24.1B 26.7B 27.5B 32.6B 30.2B 28.1B 29.9B
1.1B 5.3B 5.2B 575m 224m 410m 372m 878m 3.1B 6.6B
2.8B 4.4B 2.6B 5.9B 3.6B 3.3B 4.8B 4.2B 3.4B 4.4B
921m 645m 428m 280m 13B 872m 727m 307m 3.4B 3.5B
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66.9B 78.5B 77.5B 77.8B 92.6B 87.4B 92.2B 92.4B 96.6B 107.5B
38.8B 32.8B 46.3B 48B 45B 39.1B 39.5B 41.8B 39.3B 40.5B
8.7B 8.2B 11.6B 12.3B 14.4B 13.5B 14.7B 14.6B 14.4B 16.5B
2.7B 3B 7.1B 6.9B 6.6B 8.6B 7.3B 6.7B 6.7B 6.6B
3.8B 4.2B 4.3B 16.9B 12.9B 13B 12.8B 12.9B 12.8B 13.9B
121B 126.7B 146.8B 161.8B 171.6B 161.6B 166.5B 168.5B 169.8B 185.1B
305m 295m 288m 284m 282m 276m 269m 805m 802m 797m
89.4B 85.1B 80.8B 83.9B 88.8B 86.9B 83.1B 89.8B 98.3B 104.8B
2.4B 2.6B 3B 3.2B 3.6B 4.8B 5B 4.5B 5.5B 6.8B
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(14.2B) (11.8B) (11.5B) (12.8B) (11.8B) (8.8B) (11.7B) (11.3B) (13.6B) (12.8B)
77.8B 77.9B 72.5B 74.7B 80.9B 83.3B 76.7B 83.9B 91B 99.6B
198.8B 204.5B 219.3B 236.5B 252.5B 244.9B 243.2B 252.4B 260.8B 284.7B
9.1B 8.9B 8.6B 8.5B 8.5B 8.3B 8.1B 8.1B 8B 8B