1 Green Flag for Walmart Stock Right Now

The market wasn't impressed with the fiscal second-quarter results that Walmart (NYSE: WMT) reported last week. Despite management's previously upbeat view that tariffs would not much impact the retailer, it turns out that tariffs are indeed taking a toll on its bottom line.But even though that was the piece of the report that the market zeroed in on, there was a lot of pleasant news for shareholders as well, and the story as a whole demonstrates Walmart's strengths as a retailer. Walmart has my confidence, and there's one specific metric that tells the story best.Walmart is the largest company in the world by sales, with $693 billion in trailing 12-month revenue. It operates 10,500 stores globally, including 4,600 in the U.S. Its massiveness gives it a lot of leverage. That itself is an edge over smaller retailers, which can't match its prices and assortment.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool