Warren Buffett sells his last Walmart shares after 20 years (2024)

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The reasons to sell Walmart

The bears believe Walmart's stock is historically expensive now -- it traded at less than 20 times earnings throughout most of the 2010s, and it's pricier than most of its industry peers. Target, for example, trades at just 18 times forward earnings.

Given the prospect that Walmart may continue to buy back shares, the Walton family has informed Walmart that it currently expects to sell Walmart shares from time to time in order to help offset possible further increases in its ownership percentage and to help fund charitable contributions.

One of the most important Warren Buffett quotes on investing that you can take in is, "If you aren't willing to own a stock for 10 years, don't even think about owning it for 10 minutes."

Jim Walton, Alice Walton, and Rob Walton are the top three individual shareholders of Walmart. Walmart's largest institutional investors include the John T. Walton Estate Trust, Vanguard Group, and BlackRock.

China does not own Walmart, it's an American multinational retail corporation.

The company, which became the largest retailer in the world with a huge chain of stores, is changing its name to reflect its increasing emphasis on e-commerce. As of Feb. 1, it will no longer be "Wal-Mart Stores" and will get rid of the hyphen and drop "stores" from its legal name.

It is a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through both their holding company Walton Enterprises and their individual holdings.

With a combined net worth of $226.3 billion, the three Waltons are collectively wealthier than Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $209.8 billion, according to Forbes as of Monday. When joined by the rest of the Walton clan, that wealth balloons to about $267 billion — far more than the next wealthiest family, the Mars candy heirs.

Warren Buffett once said, “The first rule of an investment is don't lose [money]. And the second rule of an investment is don't forget the first rule. And that's all the rules there are.”

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A: Five rules drawn from Warren Buffett's wisdom for potentially building wealth include investing for the long term, staying informed, maintaining a competitive advantage, focusing on quality, and managing risk.

Over 30 years ago, Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, made his first purchase of silver in anticipation of the metal's demonetization by the U.S. Government. Since that time he has followed silver's fundamentals but no entity he manages has owned it.

Walmart has a consensus rating of Strong Buy which is based on 24 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings and 0 sell ratings. The average price target for Walmart is $70.92. This is based on 28 Wall Streets Analysts 12-month price targets, issued in the past 3 months.

Investors might sell their stocks is to adjust their portfolio or free up money. Investors might also sell a stock when it hits a price target, or the company's fundamentals have deteriorated. Still, investors might sell a stock for tax purposes or because they need the money in retirement for income.

Walmart's value hasn't crashed. The reduced share price is the result of a previously announced stock split. Back in January, Walmart announced it would split its stock at a 3-to-1 ratio on February 26, 2024, which is today.

Walmart stock price stood at $64.93

According to the latest long-term forecast, Walmart price will hit $90 by the end of 2024 and then $100 by the middle of 2025. Walmart will rise to $110 within the year of 2027, $125 in 2028, $150 in 2030 and $200 in 2035.