All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
WMT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WMT returned +16.92% over the past year and −0.27% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 25, 1972, WMT is up +123,498.94% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.12%/yr, and is currently −16.52% below its real total-return high on Feb. 13, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
−0.27%
2026-07-17 |
+16.92%
2026-07-17 |
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| Walmart Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
+123,498.94%
+14.12%/yr |
+14.79%/yr
(R2=0.869) |
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| Walmart Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
$10,000.00
1972-08-25 |
$12,359,893.79
2026-07-17 |
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| Walmart Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | WMT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −0.27% |
| 2025 | +21.25% |
| 2024 | +69.12% |
| 2023 | +9.22% |
| 2022 | −6.51% |
| 2021 | −4.73% |
| 2020 | +21.67% |
| 2019 | +27.26% |
| 2018 | −5.23% |
| 2017 | +43.53% |
| 2016 | +13.68% |
| 2015 | −27.17% |
| 2014 | +11.03% |
| 2013 | +16.41% |
| 2012 | +15.00% |
| 2011 | +10.56% |
| 2010 | +1.70% |
| 2009 | −5.16% |
| 2008 | +19.90% |
| 2007 | +0.77% |
| 2006 | −2.33% |
| 2005 | −13.27% |
| 2004 | −2.66% |
| 2003 | +3.78% |
| 2002 | −13.81% |
| 2001 | +7.29% |
| 2000 | −25.32% |
| 1999 | +65.99% |
| 1998 | +104.27% |
| 1997 | +71.79% |
| 1996 | −0.21% |
| 1995 | +2.93% |
| 1994 | −16.65% |
| 1993 | −23.62% |
| 1992 | +6.03% |
| 1991 | +89.57% |
| 1990 | +27.70% |
| 1989 | +37.43% |
| 1988 | +16.20% |
| 1987 | +7.52% |
| 1986 | +44.83% |
| 1985 | +63.08% |
| 1984 | −6.12% |
| 1983 | +51.30% |
| 1982 | +127.29% |
| 1981 | +30.08% |
| 1980 | +63.60% |
| 1979 | +30.23% |
| 1978 | +4.31% |
| 1977 | +23.28% |
| 1976 | +13.82% |
| 1975 | +155.79% |
| 1974 | −35.60% |
| 1973 | −64.27% |
| 1972 | +3.05% |
| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
−16.52%
from 2026-02-13 peak |
−81.31%
1974-12-11 from 1972-11-27 peak |
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| Walmart Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × | +16.92% |
+53.99% +24.09%/yr |
+108.80% +27.81%/yr |
+110.13% +16.01%/yr |
+297.60% +14.80%/yr |
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| Walmart Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
