Rank
1
Walmart
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR WALMART - Customers leave happy from a Walmart store in Bentonville, AR, with their Black Friday items on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. This year, Walmart stocked its digital and physical aisles with more than 1.5 million televisions, nearly two million tablets and computers and three million video games. (Gunnar Rathbun/AP Images for Walmart)Gunnar Rathbun — AP
- Previous Rank1
- Revenues ($M)485873
- Revenue Percent Change0.8
- Profits ($M)13643
- Profits Percent Change-7.2
- Assets ($M)198825
- Employees2300000
- Market Value — as of March 31, 2017 ($M)218619
Walmart continues to make progress adapting its brick-and-mortar business to a digital future, investing heavily in technology and using its largesse as the world's largest company to push down prices in a bid to win market share away from rivals Target and Amazon. Its Sam's Club unit is still slugging it out with Costco in the big box category but earlier investments in groceries from meat and produce to floral and pharmacy appear to be paying off. Walmart operates more than 11,000 physical stores in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. It was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Ark.
Company Info
| CEO | C. Douglas McMillon |
| CEO Title | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director |
| Sector | Retailing |
| Industry | General Merchandisers |
| HQ Location | Bentonville, AR |
| Website | www.walmart.com |
| Years on Fortune 500 List | 23 |
| Employees | 2,300,000 |
Key Financials (Last Fiscal Year)
| Revenues ($M) | $485,873 |
| Profits ($M) | $13,643 |
| Assets ($M) | $198,825 |
| Total Stockholder Equity ($M) | $77,798 |
| Market Value — as of March 31, 2017 ($M) | $218,619 |
Profit Ratios
| Profit as % of Revenues | 2.8% |
| Profits as % of Assets | 6.9% |
| Profits as % of Stockholder Equity | 17.5% |
Earnings Per Share (Last Fiscal Year)
| Earnings Per Share ($) | 4 |
| EPS % Change (from 2015) | -4.2% |
| EPS % Change (5 year annual rate) | -0.6% |
| EPS % Change (10 year annual rate) | 4.9% |
Total Return
| Total Return to Investors (2016) | 16.1% |
| Total Return to Investors (5 year, annualized) | 5.6% |
| Total Return to Investors (10 year, annualized) | 6.5% |