Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)

I bought Walmart over a month ago at 51.25 and wasnt too sure about it growth when it started to fall to 48 but, WalMart is proving its value now that they have focused on being the company to beat out others in value for the christmas season. I think they have broken through their range barrier and will see tremendous growth.. Look at yahoo's analysis page.. Every analyst puts this on either a strong buy or buy call.

Aggressive growth of dividends, an attractive P/E reation and a global expansion plan that can't be rivaled make WMT at no brainer for buy and hold strategies.

Adding a blue chip for some stability during market volatility. I'm confident WMT isn't going south anytime soon. If anything, it'll match the S&P.

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Walmart is still hiring during a recession. If they can do that, then they will ride out this recession and come out on top.

Holidays, no Brainer.

overvalued

Strongest retailer in weak consumer spending environment.

How much bigger can these guys get? Their seem to be in the catagory of "Too big to fail"....If they really want to survive they'll have to take better care of their employees. Better pay,extensive health plans that are affordable and the ability to keep their employees on the pay roll over an extended career. Their obsticle to having a union in their midst will desolve the support of other Union members who look out for eachother especially when times get tough as the present conditions prevail over these next years of recovery . Wal-Mart market share will be decreasing if they continue to bury their heads in the sands.

Talk to anyone who shops @ Costco and compairs them to Sams Club and receive the real picture as to where they are now concentrating their hard earned dollars. Wal-Mart may be one of the lowest prices on he block but most competors will match their pricing in any item.

If you were working at Wal-Mart or Costco...where would you like to stay for the best deal for yourself and your family?

Wake up WM and stop treating your employees as if they were cotton pickers and third class citizens. People in China are not going to put up with your control methods much longer either!!!!

Truthfully, I think the Company's beginning to be too big. Quick ratio is a low and overall it just doesn't seem like the store it used to be. Kudos for renovating a lot of stores to make them more current, but I think dumping money into a face lift isn't going to help. Holiday season is here, and I'd like to see some major sales. Like others have said, it's not the same Wal-Mart as old.

PE is low enough I think it is underpriced. Not to mention opportunities internationally.

safe earnings boo ya

It's walmart. They are everywhere. For some reason people think they are cheaper always, and that was true a few years ago. But consumers aren't noticing that they have been hiking up their prices big time during the past 12-18 months. Groceries alone appear to be about 20% more expensive then a year ago. The quality of their products is falling very low, but people are accepting that as the norm now! I live right outside of Bentonville Arkansas, Wally World head quarters and I hate the place. But they have the consumer pinned down, and now they can shake em down for all their cash,

Poised to have a great Christmas season. Also spending lots of money in a much-needed effort to clean up its corporate image.

I agree with another Fool, they will need to begin focus on online selling as we begin to move away from Walmart's "Always Low Prices" and move to Google and Bing Shopping

When I look at a company like Wal-Mart and I see them attempting to enter the discount online marketplace to compete with the likes of Amazon, this is a major red flag to me. This stock has gone nowhere recently, despite the fact that, we are on the "outskirts" or the worst recession in recent memory. I can't tell you exactly how their numbers have been performing, though one would assume their business would increase as consumers become more thrifty. Drawing in and retaining customers who have never shopped at WMT before the recession seems to me what they should be focusing on. The fact that they are trying to compete with Amazon in selling discount books online shows me that upper management has their priorities out of whack. Regardless of whether or not they are successful in this attempt, I doubt they will be, it will not have any impact on their bottom line.

good buy

I think this one outperforms in the near term.