Walmart Inc.
NASDAQWMT Deutsche Bank upgrades to Buy, raises target to $136 from $113, implying 17% upside from $116.16 close.
Snapshot as of 19 Oct 2026
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumWalmart enters the final five weeks before its November 19 earnings date with the stock up nearly 5% on the week despite a small Tuesday dip, and with options positioning having shifted noticeably less cautious than…
Walmart heads into the final stretch before its November 19 earnings date with short sellers quietly unwinding and the broader market paying closer attention to a stock that spent most of this year drifting…
Walmart climbs back toward $110 this week with the short book continuing to unwind and analysts holding constructive despite trimmed targets from the August earnings drop. The short position has now erased most of what…
Walmart enters the back half of September with its short rebuild stalling and options traders quietly rotating away from the defensive posture that dominated post-earnings trading. The short interest story has changed…
Walmart is sending conflicting signals post-earnings. Options traders are the most bullish in a year. Short sellers and the borrow market are heading in the same direction — down. The gap between those two reads is the…
Walmart is finding its footing after last week's 9.3% post-earnings collapse, with the most striking development this week coming not from short sellers but from options traders, who have swung from maximum…
Walmart heads into its August 20 Q2 earnings print at $115.20 with the post-breakout gains intact — and options traders registering their most defensive posture of the past month. The options signal is the sharpest…
Walmart arrives at its August 20 Q2 print with the stock finally above the range that defined the past two months — but hedging demand hasn't relented. The price action is the clearest development since last week's…
Walmart has broken modestly above the $109–$112 band that defined the past two months, but options traders are signalling the most defensive positioning of the recent period — and earnings are eight days away. The…
Walmart clawed back 1.6% this week to close at $111.21, recovering from the multi-month low documented in last week's note — but the recovery's character matters as much as its size. The prior article established that…
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