WMT Total Return Analyzer

What does the WMT total return include?

WMT total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions you received from WMT over the holding period, and the change in NAV (share price) across the same window. Many high-yield funds advertise distribution rates that look spectacular in isolation but mask meaningful NAV erosion. The analyzer above shows exactly how much of your WMT return came from distributions versus price change — a 50% annualized distribution rate paired with a 30% NAV decline is a very different investment than a 50% distribution with flat NAV.

Walmart Inc. (WMT) is issued by Walmart. Dividend King with 53 consecutive years of dividend increases and a market cap north of $1 trillion. The world's largest retailer with annual revenue over $650B, Walmart executed a 3-for-1 stock split in February 2024. Recent dividend raise lifted the annual payout to $0.99/share (+5% YoY) for fiscal 2027. Yield is very low (~0.7%) because the stock has compounded faster than the dividend — Walmart is a dividend-growth story rather than a high-yield play. That strategy directly shapes the gap between headline yield and real yield: option-premium and covered-call funds tend to show large gaps, while traditional dividend ETFs and index funds usually show small ones.

For the detail behind each payment, see the WMT dividend history. To project how future WMT distributions compound under DRIP, open the WMT dividend calculator.