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Profile - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 31Fiscal quarter ended
Aug 14Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Oct  9Dividend payment of $0.07
Location
702 Southwest 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
Phone: (501) 273-4000
Fax: (501) 273-4053
Employees (last reported count): 1,244,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Department & Discount)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 40%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 6,000  shares
·Institutional: 34% (57% of float)
(2,596 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 24.3M shares (+1.56%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is principally engaged in the operation of mass merchandising stores. At January 31, 2001, the Company operated 1,736 discount stores, 888 Supercenters, 475 SAM'S Clubs and 19 Neighborhood Markets. Internationally, at January 31, 2001, the Company operated units in Argentina (11), Brazil (20), Canada (174), Germany (94), Korea (6) Mexico (499), Puerto Rico (15) and the United Kingdom (241), and, under joint venture agreements, in China (11). The Company operates through three segments, the Wal-Mart Stores segment, the SAM'S Club segment and the International segment.
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Financial Summary
WMT operates discount department stores, warehouse membership clubs and a combination full-line supermarket and discount department store. For the six months ended 7/31/01, revenues rose 13% to $101.83 billion. Net income rose 3% to $3 billion. Revenues reflect comparative store sales increases and higher sales at Wal-Mart, SAM'S CLUB and McLane. Net income was partially offset by lower gross margins, reorganization costs and higher operating and SGA expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

S. Robson Walton, 56
Chairman
--  --  
Lee Scott, Jr., 52
Pres, CEO, Director
$7.3M--  
Thomas Schoewe, 48
CFO, Exec. VP
--  --  
John Menzer, 50
Exec. VP and Pres and CEO of Wal-Mart International Divisio
2.9M$1.8M
Thomas Coughlin, 52
Exec. VP, Pres and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division & Director
4.5M170K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WMTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$41.438
Recent Price$48.05 
52-Week High
on 3-Jan-2001
$58.75 
Beta0.87 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)6.57M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)6.30M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-1.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+32.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$214.8B
Shares Outstanding4.47B
Float2.68B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.28 
Dividend Yield0.58%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 20-Apr-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.40 
Earnings (ttm)$1.42 
Earnings (mrq)$0.36 
Sales (ttm)$45.72 
Cash (mrq)$0.41 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.49 
Price/Earnings (ttm)33.79 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.05 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$205.1B
EBITDA (ttm)$14.7B
Income available to common (ttm)$6.38B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.32%
Return on Equity (ttm)20.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.02 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.60 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.83B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short49.8M
Percent of Float1.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
41.2M
Short Ratio6.74 
Daily Volume7.39M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001)

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