Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy
Walmart (WMT) is amid favorable conditions to resume its 2015 advance. A sustained rise above this week’s lows would help confirm this and target an additional 11% rise to $113.00 per share. This is an Asbury Momentum idea.
Analysis and Rationale
Walmart Inc.(WMT) engages in the retail and wholesale operations in various formats worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, discount stores, drugstores, and convenience stores; membership-only warehouse clubs; e-commerce Websites, such as walmart.com, jet.com, shoes.com, and samsclub.com; and mobile commerce applications. It operates approximately 11,300 stores and various e-commerce Websites under the 58 banners in 27 countries. The company was formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and changed its name to Walmart Inc. in February 2018. Walmart Inc. was founded in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Chart 1 below plots WMT weekly since late 2015. The chart shows that WMT is currently testing, and appears to be rebounding from, this week’s test of major support at its 200-day moving average– currently situated at $112.88. Not shown is that this emerging rebound from support is taking place amid favorable near term tactical metrics. A sustained rise from this week’s lows would help confirm this and target an additional 11% rise to $130.00 per share, which was our original upside target when WMT first resumed its larger late 2015 advance in early July 2019.
Table 1 below shows that, considering the aforementioned upside target and a protective stop placed below the $112.68 area, a long entry price of $116.80 would provide a 1:3.2 risk/reward ratio (risking $1.00 to make $3.20) with an initial risk of 3.5%.
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