Target vs Walmart TGT vs WMT
Target and Walmart on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- Market value: Walmart $945.50B, Target $70.07B.
- One-year price return: Target +71.3%, Walmart +11.6%.
- Trailing P/E: Walmart 43.0×, Target 16.0×.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Target 4.0%, Walmart 1.6%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
TGT+71.3%
WMT+11.6%
Profile
latestSector
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Discount Stores
Discount Stores
Market value
$70.07B
$945.50B
Enterprise value
$80.02B
$984.38B
Employees
415,000
2,100,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$260K
$347K
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
21% overvalued vs model
208% overvalued vs model
Model range
$79.53–279
$23.34–102
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
16.1%
32.2%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: TGT valuation · WMT valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: TGT reverse DCF · WMT reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$154.26
$118.81
52-week high
$169.89
$134.20
52-week low
$83.68
$100.61
Price vs 52-week high
−9.2%
−11.5%
Price vs 52-week low
+84.3%
+18.1%
Average daily volume / shares
0.9%
0.3%
Beta
0.98
0.58
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
−0.3%
+10.5%
3 months
+10.0%
+3.4%
6 months
+24.5%
−4.8%
Year to date
+57.8%
+6.6%
1 year
+71.3%
+11.6%
1 year, dividends added
+76.4%
+12.5%
2 years
−2.9%
+46.3%
Valuation
TGT price × TTM to Aug 2026 · WMT price × TTM to Jul 2026P/E (TTM)
16.0×
43.0×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
15.1×
41.1×
Price / sales
0.7×
1.3×
EV / sales
0.7×
1.4×
EV / EBITDA
8.7×
20.8×
Price / book
3.9×
9.6×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
24.7×
63.4×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
4.0%
1.6%
Growth
TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
—
+4.6%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+5.1%
+6.5%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
−1.3%
5.3%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
2.3%
4.9%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
−3.5%
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+25.4%
+5.8%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
10.8%
24.2%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
—
7.6%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−2.0%
−2.2%
Profitability
TGT TTM to Aug 2026 · WMT TTM to Jul 2026Gross margin (FY)†
27.9%
24.9%
Operating margin
5.6%
4.4%
EBITDA margin
8.5%
6.5%
Net margin
4.1%
3.0%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
2.7%
2.1%
Return on equity
24.6%
22.5%
Return on assets
7.2%
7.5%
Asset turnover
1.76
2.48
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
TGT MRQ Aug 2026 · WMT MRQ Jul 2026Cash
$5.41B
$11.53B
Total debt
$15.36B
$50.41B
Net debt
$9.95B
$38.88B
Debt / equity
0.9×
0.5×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
1.1×
0.8×
Interest coverage (FY)
11.5×
10.7×
Current ratio (FY)
0.94
0.79
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
3.0%
0.8%
Dividends per share
$4.58
$0.98
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
47.6%
35.4%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
9.3%
6.0%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
6
8
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$11.0M
$11.1M
Analyst upgrades
1
1
Analyst downgrades
0
1
Statements
TGT income TTM to Aug 2026 · cash flow FY2026 · WMT income TTM to Jul 2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$107.70B
$728.47B
EBITDA
$9.20B
$47.37B
Operating income
$6.02B
$32.28B
Net income
$4.39B
$22.08B
EPS (diluted)
$9.63
$2.76
Operating cash flow
$6.56B
$41.56B
Capital expenditure
−$3.73B
−$26.64B
Free cash flow
$2.83B
$14.92B
Dividends paid
$2.05B
$7.51B
Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.