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Walmart CFO: Consumers are nearing peak of tariff-inflated prices

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Walmart CFO: Consumers are nearing peak of tariff-inflated prices Walmart stock (WMT) is getting a boost Thursday morning after the big-box retailer topped fourth quarter estimates, while releasing annual adjusted earnings ($2.64 per share vs…
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  • Walmart gained market share in virtually every category in the past quarter

    80% confidence
  • Roughly half of app users are engaging with Sparky in some way

    80% confidence
  • Fully a third of Walmart orders were delivered in under three hours in the most recent quarter

    80% confidence
  • Moving from two-day to one-day delivery promise increases conversion appreciably, as does moving from one-day to same-day

    80% confidence
  • Tax refunds are projected by some to be as much as 20% higher this year

    80% confidence
  • Egg prices have come down appreciably from where they were a year ago

    80% confidence
  • John Furner has his fingerprints over the strategy Walmart has been implementing over the last five years

    80% confidence
  • Walmart has reached peak or is coming close to peak of tariff-related cost increases

    80% confidence
  • Walmart grew top line almost 5% and EPS over 12% in Q4

    80% confidence
  • Users shopping with Sparky have basket sizes about 35% higher

    80% confidence
  • Over the last three years, Walmart has raised guidance each year and outperformed it each time

    80% confidence
  • There is still a lot of uncertainty looking into the next year

    80% confidence
  • Walmart is now serving 95% of America in less than three hours

    80% confidence
  • Like-for-like inflation across the basket of items at Walmart was up only a little bit more than 1% in the most recent quarter

    80% confidence
  • When someone buys fresh in Walmart stores, baskets tend to be about 25% higher

    80% confidence
  • Food is the area most likely to be disinflationary or even deflationary

    80% confidence
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