WMT

DumbApeMakeMoney

Be very careful buying any stock that is paying 6% or more in dividends. Many of them are dividend traps. Or they are companies that are in some dire times. VZW is a good example of that. You don't want to be caught in a position where you're holding onto a falling or stagnant stock for the divy, then the cut the divy as they usually do. Look at what happened with INTC. This highlights one of the problems with buying individual companies. You have to keep your eyes on your portfolio and make sure that your not holding WMT then it becomes the next Kmart or Shopko. I would suggest going with ETFs that have a lower divy, but a proven history of being able to increase share price, AUM (assets under management), and dividends. One of the more popular ones is SCHD. But it also depends on your time-line for retirement. I have been tempted to buy a little bit of JEPQ because of the divy. But they don't have a long history to see the track record for growth. And I figure that is more fore if you are entering or in retirement and need the money now. But if I'm being honest, I may not be the best person to ask about what the best ETFs are. I love to pay attention to my portfolio and do research on a daily basis. Hell, I created this reddit account just for stock research. I'm a big geek like that. I would suggest spending some time on r/dividends and do a lot of research to every suggestion. Be mindful of the divy traps that some of the noob investors tout.

MattieShoes

Defensive stocks (at least as I was using it) are stocks that are less affected by economic and market downturns. Health care like UNH, consumer staples like WMT, utilities like DUK. Tend to be lower overall return, but everybody needs health care, staples, and power even when the economy sucks.

Jergle24

!banbet WMT 75 8/16

oilpatch02

$WMT, $RDDT, $IBM. $25 - $100 cost range. Better if there is dividends.

Lost-Practice-5916

That's why I have leveraged SPXL, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, NFLX, GOOGL, WMT, COST, JPM as well. All are going to print for a long ass time. But you are pretty pathetically lost it seems so I'll help you with this: >Amazon founder Jeff Bezos asked Warren Buffett, "Your investment thesis is so simple. Why don't more people copy you?" Buffet replied, "Because nobody wants to get rich slow." Now please stop stalking me. This will again be my last response. Feel free to express your triggered state into the void. You need to seek help.

Lost-Practice-5916

That's why I have leveraged SPXL, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, NFLX, GOOGL, WMT, COST, JPM as well. All are going to print for a long ass time. But you are pretty pathetically lost it seems so I'll help you with this: >Amazon founder Jeff Bezos asked Warren Buffett, "Your investment thesis is so simple. Why don't more people copy you?" Buffet replied, "Because nobody wants to get rich slow." Now please stop stalking me. This will again be my last response. Feel free to express your triggered state into the void. You need to seek help.

Most_Profession_7799

No WMT?

Allinmoney

Now matter what happens WMT calls will always print. iTM

dh4z3

WMT

WorkingCorrect1062

Why was WMT flat from 2001 to 2015

respecteverybody

If you have WMT and AMZN, you can't go wrong

Ok_Ambassador_4311

Am I really about to buy WMT calls?

grxthy

Thinking of getting some WMT calls tomorrow. Looking good

BHMSIXX

WMT.....💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

p00pTy

step 1: WMT $50p 6/25 $44 step 2: walmart+ $52.90 step 3: ship $1 products every day for the next year; return them on arrival. pass along, your welcome.

Lost-Practice-5916

[Exclusive-Capital One pledges $265 billion in lending, philanthropy as it tries to clinch Discover deal](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/exclusive-capital-one-pledges-265-billion-in-lending-philanthropy-as-it-tries-to-clinch-discover-deal/ar-BB1q8tWu) Honestly if they succeed, a giant win for consumers and more options. I've made a lot of money on V but competition to challenge the Visa-MC duopoly is not a bad thing for everyone else like WMT, COST etc.

5uckmyd1ckb1t4

>Walmart, [$WMT](https://x.com/search?q=%24WMT&src=cashtag_click), cut the number of sheets in its Great Value paper towel rolls from 168 to 120 but did not reduce the price, per CNBC.

Suavecore_

Anyone ever do long-dated calls on WMT? shit only goes up

PowBeernWeed

Ya i loaded up again years are learning WMT is AMZNs biggest competitor

Quirky_Tea_3874

Yeah I would include WMT in that list, but OP only wanted 10. Also WMT is at an all time high and I had Costco on the list already, so COST or WMT

athomsfere

WM and not WMT?

Upper-Frosting5920

I have been buying WMT for a few years now. Their marketplace is quickly improving. I think they will grow their e-commerce presence and third-party sales in the future. Biggest issue I see now is how slow their deliveries are, but the prices are often much lower than AMZN. I’ve buying and holding both AMZN and WMT.

PowBeernWeed

Ohhh big lots is one to look at. Im a WMT fan and when you see expensive cars in a WMT parking lot you know people are looking for value.

dtlabsa

Doesn't WMT $80 Jan 25 calls at $0.95 sound pretty cheap? AMZN $220 Jan 25 calls are $9.43. Both represent around a 14% gain at current sp. Or should I stick to AMZN? GOOG $215 Jan 25 calls are $7. Hmm.

Apart-Consequence881

I bought a few shares of WMT in 2002 I wish I had held on to. I also invested in Sears lol

PowBeernWeed

WMT. “Bought” it in a highschool class to see who could do the best with a fake $10k. This was at $50 pre previous split. I noticed it inching up always. Been investing in it since i was 18 and 32 now

hypeaze

Just got a text message from the IRS. They need me to pay them $2,500 in Walmart gift cards, otherwise I'm going to jail. Bullish for WMT?

Cool_Cartographer_39

I'm a WMT guy myself but I don't think you can go very wrong with either. Over the 5y returns for Costco have been much better. My reasoning is WMT has more room to grow, through expansion of Sam's clubs, fuel sales and in store financial services. Admittedly, it's been awhile coming.

Scrogwiggle

Gonna dump 50k from my IRA into some weeklies today. Thinking WMT $70 calls

TheofficialDossy23

Any option Call for WMT ?

SoloOutdoor

Economy so shit even WMT down 🤣

my_fun_lil_alt

You do realize that a stocks price has very little to do with their value? COST is nearly 10x the share price of WMT, but WMT has nearly double the market cap. 

Samjabr

not in my neighborhood. Everyone in the parking lot drives $100k SUVs - trying to avoid the poors at WMT and TGT

Delavan1185

TBH, probably all the XRT shorting is holding it down. The whole retail basket shorting has climbed and COST is part of that basket. Not surprising given labor market softening. Doesn't make much sense, though, to have COST and WMT in the same retail basket as random strip mall retailers - they really should short luxury or defensive separately.

Scrogwiggle

Looks like today’s gonna be a good day to be mostly in COST and WMT 

ErinG2021

Cramer discussing who will be the next company to join the 1 trillion dollar club….LLY, BRKB, TSLA, AVGO, JPM, WMT, V, XOM….????…..He favors LLY…..do with that as u will….but bears clearly in charge this earnings season….🔥🔥🔥

mold_motel

Got spooked 👻 out of my WMT calls today and I'm regretting it now.

Samjabr

That's a bit simplistic - it's also about how much of that money you get to keep - ie. profit margins. Based on your logic, AMZN and WMT should be worth more than either AAPL, MSFT, or NVDA. AAPL revenue 380 billion and WMT revenue 560 billion No comment on TSLA - that's a pure future hopium play. NVDA on the other hand has dramatically increasing revenues, and profit margins increasing at the same time. Generally unheard of - hence, why it's gone up $2 trillion in 2 years.

ExecutionerKen

WMT is not bad but CVS is a quick way to lose money

OrangMiskin

My boomer boss said CVS and WMT are a buy. 

AGenerousG0d

Today I bought ITM calls on SPY, INTC, WMT and GLW. Do what you want with that information.

Brief-Frosting405

No, I think TGT is definitely undervalued. Compared to WMT, it trades at a huge discount for earnings, free cash flow, etc. despite having better margins, better growth opportunities, and IMO a better product.

_icarcus

LLY - pharmaceuticals, 1 of the 3 insulin makers who make up 90% of the world supply, their diet pills being eaten like tictacs, Alzheimer's meds in the pipeline, other meds getting FDA approval BROS - Dutch Bros coffee, loyal customer base, earnings are growing, has less than 1000 stores in 17 states but plans to expand to \~4000 total stores. Forward P/E is something crazy though like 85 so be cautious. Recently had a break out from low $30s but keeps seeing resistance around the $40-42 mark. Might be worth watching and trying to time a better entry point or you can just full send it. CRWD - All I know is they're cybersecurity, big name in the field, and my friend who is a IT SysAdmin has been talking about them since 2014. It didn't IPO until 2019 at $63. It closed today at $385. TSM - I traded this way back in 2020-2021 and fumbled the bag. TSMC are the kingpin in chip production, their foundries far outpace any of the US companies, they're producing 3nm (even Intel isn't doing this), they have a plant planned for Arizona but it has seem some delays, and they're doing all of this while selling those chips to all of the Mag 7 (seriously). [Nvidia paid them $7b in 2023. That was 11% of TSMC revenue. ](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/analyst-estimates-nvidia-is-now-tsmcs-second-largest-customer-accounting-for-11-of-revenue-in-2023)Apple accounted for 25% in 2023. Beyond some speculative stuff, maybe look at some more traditional individual names for long holdings: WMT, JPM, WM, GE, etc. Basically boring boomer stocks that can withstand choppy markets.

Scrogwiggle

Man my IRA has been ripping this last month. It’s all in AAPL, MSFT, INTC, and WMT.

Denniska7

I have some WMT puts- $69 expiring 7/19/24. Not sure if I should pull them..

Scrogwiggle

IV has gone up so much on my WMT $70 2025 calls in up for the day even tho Walmart is down. wtf 😳

dvdmovie1

> What do people think about CVS? They are diversified vs WBA but that isn't helping them right now and may not for a while. Needs a new CEO. The retail pharmacy business will likely continue to erode and there's no apparent pivot for that given the attempt to pivot towards services has not worked out as expected (WMT curtailing their efforts, WBA taking the L on $6B investment in VillageMD), etc. For all the discussion of diversification, even if there were not the medicare issues there are, people are not going to easily overlook that the retail business really does seem like it's in decline with no apparent vision as to how to turn that around. WBA CEO the other day on the earnings call: "We are at a point where the current pharmacy model is not sustainable." The other parts of CVS are also not without regulatory risk, too. They should have pre-announced last quarter, which was maybe one of the worst quarters I've seen for an otherwise boring company in years. People kept thinking CVS was cheap and how much lower could the stock go, then it's -20% in a day. You really had a pair of companies that had a lock on convience for people who wanted to grab a couple of things or needed to get a prescription and bought a few things while they were there and paid way more for those things then if they bought them anywhere else. And as prescriptions became more affordable elsewhere and you had a rise of delivery services for the kind of things that someone might run to Walgreens for, they didn't change anything at all about the business to try to adapt. And both still reliably sell off any time Amazon mentions the word healthcare. I genuinely don't know what the future is for Walgreens. Talk on the conference call about turning things around seem to be missing a vision for what that actually looks like. CVS will probably be fine but I can't imagine it's not a smaller company 5 years from now then it is today. Stock has been a case of what seems cheap can get cheaper; certainly appears cheap at this point but it really feels like the market is repeatedly marking down the melting ice cube retail business and isn't currently being helped by the rest. If someone wanted to buy it as an attempt at a value play, I'd say buy some in the mid $50's and add a bit more every $5 down. There is no apparent catalyst - that I can see, at least - so I would size the position accordingly. (I'm not buying/recommending, just saying.)

BlackBastado-2124

CORE CPI is ex-food and energy, those prices fluctuate. Recently statement from TGT and WMT indicates that they are cutting prices. Hopefully, Some relief is on the way

Paullybaxx

Mexi imports and calls on add. Texas grid is Garbo so they’re sucking that US test on power again. Rolling blackouts probably food/water shortage. Probably not terrible but who knows. WMT is liking their chops. Calls ok Boeing. All the billiards are getting dafuq outta there. Land will be cheap. Always is in a disaster area. Why traveling to recently terrorized countries is not only the cheapest. But the safest. It’s not gonna have again right away. Calls on gas for the $cruz cruise.

theoldme3

I bought some $70 calls on WMT on June 21st and im making money, nothing crazy but im new to options so im pretty happy about it. Im up 85% now trying to decide when to bail out.

AroundGoesThe18

Slow and steady? Sounds like WMT to me.

Calm-Avocado6424

WMT

EthicallyArguable

I bought puts on WMT thinking the RSI was so high on multiple time charts, but got murdered. Any thoughts on when this might correct foe the overbought status? I still have 3 weeks before expiration. Thanks everybody!

Lost-Practice-5916

META, COST, WMT ATHs 🥰 AAPL, GOOGL, AMZN, NFLX, MSFT fucking too.

northdancer

WMT trying to take $70

Scrogwiggle

Surprised I don’t hear more people on here talking about WMT and COST. These two have been printing, especially COST. Gonna keep buying COST weeklies till we hit 1000.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

stability of cash flows, retail focused institutions narrowly focused on the perceived "winners" in that category. WMT also up to nearly 70 again. should be at 65, they already said this quarter was shit

Illustrious-Toe3167

WMT pumping same day as tech. Something is going to give.

MattieShoes

Index funds... * Expense ratio. For instance, unless you're considering selling covered calls or something, QQQM is lower overhead than QQQ. * Form (mutual fund vs ETF) * For narrower funds, what the index contains. For instance, VGT tracks the *MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index*. You won't be surprised at what's in it, but you might be surprised at what's NOT in it. For instance, AMZN isn't in there even though it's this enormous cloud provider... because it's considered consumer discretionary, since Amazon also sells shit on their website, yeah? For stocks... * Beta. Is this a roller coaster, or a cruise? * I also calculate something like a pseudo-alpha relative to the S&P 500. I also generate several scenarios like, how I think this will perform when markets are soaring, when they're going up mildly, when they're flat, when they're dropping, when the floor falls out like 2008. * I do a sort of generic sharpe ratio calculation as well, comparing to the S&P 500. * What sector they're in. You get a general feel for how sectors perform in different environments as well as long-term trends. [This page is like a handy cheat-sheet](https://digital.fidelity.com/prgw/digital/research/sector). * Correlation with markets in general. For instance, MSFT and the S&P 500 are fairly correlated, so when one goes up, so does the other. But WMT does its own thing, very low correlation to market movements (true of consumer staples in general, since they benefit from a flight to "safety" when things go bad. Also true for health care and utilities) * Financial situation -- are they carrying debt, do they have healthy cash flow, etc. This can be a 2 minute thing or building an entire financial model thing... I'm gonna be honest, I tend to be closer to the 2 minute thing, mostly just looking for red flags. * My opinions on future interest rates, markets, etc... Companies carrying a lot of debt are more at-risk of their expenses going up in a rising rate environment. In theory, they benefit when rates go down, but that's harder to suss out. Very loosely, if you think rates are going up, lean towards value companies with low debt, and when rates peak, maybe lean back towards growth companies. Though I don't know if the latter works this time -- growth companies are doing great even with rates staying kind of high. Similarly, if I think markets are headed for rough waters, looking at companies with weaker market correlation might do well, or at least limit downside. * Whether they have some sort of economic moat. Moats tend to provide stability. Take Zoom for instance... They were in the right place at the right time with telework and covid, so easy buy back in March 2020... But no real moat and heavy hitters like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe are all coming for them, so precarious long-term. I'd have loved to wait for a year for long term capital gains but I wussed out and sold... Turns out that was the right move. * The industry they're a part of. Especially if they aren't a leader in their industry. Also looking at competitors in the same industry. You can look at things like profit margins, expected growth rates, etc. and make some inferences on whether they're becoming a more significant or less significant part of the industry they live in. Or if their margins are very different than their competitors, you can try to find out why. * Do they have a history of beating or missing revenue expectations? * If it's a "value" company, dividend history can be interesting. Also, looking at total returns so you can compare more easily * Analyst recommendations -- not to follow their recommendations because they're usually trend-following crap, but to get an idea of sentiment about the stock. Often stocks perform relative to expectations rather than in some absolute sense, so knowing whether the expectations are high or low can be significant. If you can find beat-down companies with terrible sentiment and you think it's temporary. For instance, banking stocks coming out of the 2008 crisis -- they were beat to hell, had pending lawsuits, everybody abandoning ship... Bank of America dropped from $50/share to less than $6/share. There's risk in buying distressed companies, but there's potential reward. Boeing and Intel would be the poster child for that sort of thing right now... I don't own either except in funds. There's a risk of them just being dead money for a long time. * Recent news. Markets may overreact to recent news. This is so well known at this point though that it can be hard to leverage it though. But just for example, during Covid, there was absolute panic about airline stocks -- surely they'll all go out of business because pandemic! If you can time it correctly (and that's a HUGE if), you can capitalize. The government isn't letting all US carriers go bankrupt... I owned United Airlines for 11 days and made 44%. And even though their stock is poison, I tried the same trick with Peleton when they had their big recall thing in 2021. Made 16% in 11 days before wussing out. It just felt so wrong to own such a crap company. * Do I like the stock, or some product they make? Like the first time I ate at a Chipotle, I thought that shit is going to explode. And they did... but I never got around to buying in early. Damnit. * In general, correlating the things around you with what that could mean for stocks. Like you notice yoga pants are getting popular years ago, maybe time to take a look at LULU? Also note there's a berjillion counterexamples to all of this. Like netflix was phenomenal but the writing was on the wall in terms of streaming fracturing into separate providers that had their own content and would be removing it from netflix, so that'd be a scary AF stock to be in when you can see doom creeping closer. And then Netflix was like "fuck off, we'll make our own content!" and it worked! I definitely missed the boat on that one. Then they got absolutely crushed coming out of lockdown and I felt justified... and then they bounced back from under 200 a share to pushing 700 a share right now. Anyway, that's too much. It's a little like a golf swing -- remember all these things, but don't actually think about them too much or you'll paralyze yourself and eff it up.

andytobbles

WMT has been such a sleeper play these past 6 months. After that huge dip in November off of a bad earnings they’ve proceeded to go on an absolute tear. I keep waiting for a pullback that never comes.

heretoread8

At a Walmart super center (all used to be 24/7 before btw) in north Austin Aisles and aisles of merch locked up Came for KY jelly (turn up the heat) Asked the lady why it’s locked up “High theft item” A fucking hair brush? JFC economy is doing well WMT is the epitome of average America

WhoDat847

Good luck, if I were going to get into $KSS I would be inverting you. $KSS is not $WMT or $TGT so expecting similar results as a result of their copycat tactics is a mistake. I think you are correct about them beating last quarter’s earnings but that will be due to inflation not due to a greater foot/online traffic. I ask myself what $KSS has that $WMT, $TGT, and $AMZN don’t and I don’t have an answer to that question.

Dude-wheres-my-car-

Leaps on WMT are juicy man

zaepoo

WMT. Is a solid play

Correct_Word3787

WMT!!

Correct_Word3787

Update Thanks for everyone's advise here. Glad I made the post. For clarity, the stock is WMT and PEP. Sounds like dividends it is!

Scrogwiggle

I just don’t see how the market doesn’t pump after the election. If trump wins the markets pump bc of deregulation, if Biden wins it pumps bc of “stability.” Either way I loaded up on calls all over the place. WMT $70C Jan, QQQ $485C 7/19

mold_motel

Cut my losses on NVDA calls today fuck em' then doubled down on SPY 549c and WMT 67c tomorrow NVDA moons SPY crashes premarket and Walmart shits the bed mark it.

TomatoSpecialist6879

While WMT and F is not mid cap by market capitalization, they certainly move one like. Let me rephrase the question, is there anything you're playing with that's not moving like a small or mid cap

Substantial_Quail432

I FOUND THE SECRET. Inverse myself. I put PTON, AAL, F, JBLU, PARA,AMC. I called NU, AMC, WMT, ET I’m holding NU and CMG Don’t do this and make money. Apparently.

Slow-Information-847

did robinhood just burst AI bubble and we all go back to stone age, like investing in PFE and WMT again?

angelina9999

was always wondering why WMT is so low, considering it's the biggest retailer in the world, shouldn't it be a lot higher?

tealcanady

$WMT 80-85$ calls in August / September are looking spicy to me. Installing electronic tags in stores to maximize margin and frack the consumer? Bullish

bswizzle2552

Put your $ in WMT

Lost-Practice-5916

68% VOO, 8% SPXL, rest individual picks with AAPL, META COST, WMT, and NVDA as my biggest holdings.

Front_Entertainer395

A lot of retailers and their respective earnings showed that the consumer is slowly dying. Even WMT warned of unpleasant earnings for their current quarter. I wouldn't bank on consumer discretionary the next few months even if it's AMZN.

Honestyonly22

It depends on your timeframe, this MAY be a situation where you buy when things everyone else is selling. Ask, will the Gov’t all just 1-2 pharmacy chains (CVS-WMT) or will they do the right thing: Close all Rite-Aids Move RA pharmacists to WAG stores Greatly shrink front end being I can have shampoo at my door when I get home delivered by AMZN and not stop at store Close ~1500-2000 stores Doing that cuts billions in annual expenses, makes remaining stores more profitable and turns co around. If you agree you start buying at this level otherwise walk away

theinkdon

Very late reply that probably no one will see, but these two numbers $14 and $46 paint the beautiful picture: WMT goes up $1, the ZEBRA makes 1/14 = 7% return. The same $1 lets the long Call make 1/46 = 2.17% return. And really, with the long Call at 0.91 Delta, the return is actually only 0.91/46 = 1.97%. Plus the long Call still has some extrinsic value in it that's decaying, while the ZEBRA ostensibly has none because of the way it's balanced. I'm loving me some ZEBRAs as stock replacements.

bzl33

$WMT is more expensive than $SBUX, $LULU, and $NKE

gnrlies_83

WMT is a money maker. Used to be if it dipped below $65 buy calls. If it hit $66 buy puts. Now it looks like it's settling in the $67 $69 range until next earnings. I don't hold any positions right now. I've been waiting for it to become a little more predictable again. Just putting it out there for anyone who wants to look into it. Before last earnings I would toss money sitting in my account at WMT options. Paid a lot better than RH gold interest. Too bad I was doing stupid shit with the rest of my money.

dvdmovie1

There are things here that are a little late at this point (cybersecurity - I own CRWD and I'd like to own a bit more but I'm not chasing it at this point; much of technology, parts of healthcare) or just problematic themes that people keep wanting to be a thing because they were growth stories years ago (fintech, evs.) The automotive industry has - with a couple of exceptions - never been a good place to invest and EVs don't change that. It's remarkable to me that you have this list (and many of these companies that are now either bankrupt or near bankrupt only went public in 2020/21): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQvwk3Xa0AAXDO9?format=jpg&name=large and that there's still so much eagerness to throw money at EV names. Given that EVs are being written off at the slightest ding given the added complexity and cost, Copart (where so many cars go that have been written off) has been a winner but that's not something people talk about because it's not slick. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/scratched-ev-battery-your-insurer-may-have-junk-whole-car-2023-03-20/ "Insight: Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car" Fintech has largely turned into either being largely commoditized (payments) or unappealing (lending, digital banks; the market massively underappreciated the risks inherent in both during the "distruptive growth" bubble of 2020/21 - "The AI way to lend" turns into "holy shit" the moment the economy cools and it's revealed that the "AI way to lend" suddenly had to take a lot of loans on its books that it didn't think it would, not to mention if anyone read the S-1 they would see that the company's algo had little experience with downturns.) Telecom isn't a good business, people think it is because the services are so ubiqutious. "I'm looking for a mix of stability and growth potential, aiming for a diversified portfolio that can weather market volatility and tap into new opportunities." I agree with this - I think people often seem to either be more conservative or all growth but rarely somewhere in-between. I think it's a good idea to have a solid core of well-managed companies with a proven track record of delivering over time along with some selected quality growth names where you think that the company has a significant TAM and is well-managed/built to last. Trying to achieve that balance in a way that matches your risk tolerance and gets allocation right is not easy but I think is worthwhile. "E-Commerce: The booming online retail space." Ultimately, it becomes a play on the consumer and if the consumer is not doing well it isn't either. We're at a point where WMT/AMZN/TGT/COST are increasingly where people shop for everything. SHOP went from saying that they were arming the rebels against the dark side (Amazon) to working with the dark side. SHOP is still sort of an interesting play on the rest of the internet, but I think for all the discussion of it being a potential AMZN challenger, that was questionable to begin with and after ending their attempt at logistics, AMZN's dominance of that remains a key element that it's going to be extraordinarily difficult for any younger company to even get close to. People's attempts to buy logistics robots companies has gone badly aside from SYM and that's really IMO just largely due to a heavily shorted small float and the WMT stake.

StockJockeyNYC

$NKLA $WMT Nikola Corp: Walmart Canada's new hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric semi-truck is now on roads in mississauga, ontario. $BE hydrogen power

dvdmovie1

WBA starting to feel like it's potentially in trouble sooner than later but nobody's really saying it. No path to growth, earnings bad (again), likely closing a lot of stores (https://www.wsj.com/health/walgreens-plans-major-u-s-store-closures-0b04a96e) and loses benefits of scale as a smaller company. Yet, would probably result in antitrust if AMZN, KR, WMT, TGT, etc tried to buy it - only if it really got distressed might that be allowed.

Samjabr

My 2nd best play this year - buy WMT EOW calls after that dump on Wednesday. These options are so cheap. Up a few 100%

Samjabr

yes, I understand - hence the getting their shit together. WMT has 3% net profit margins, and they are valued 1:1 market cap to revenue. Being valued at 1/10th revenue is just a disaster.

gnocchicotti

"largest" is doing a lot of work when there are about 30 public companies with more annualized revenue, with WMT at about 6x and XOM about 4x. Not unthinkable that NVDA gets there if the growth baked into the SP happens.

Flashy_Bet_7714

WMT $70 call 7/26

KeyLawfulness8761

WMT is having a great day. So is AMZN, HD and UPS.

AdPurple4902

What’s crazy is that this option shit really is fucking gambling lol I’m convinced. Literally no one unless you’re an insider knew RIVIAN would fly or WMT CFO would say some dumb shit to have puts ready

Dear-Bet7063

You guys severely misunderstand inflation and how it effects the market  You will learn next quarter when large cap siphons into small and mid  WMT and AMZN stock will not suddenly fly because you associate consumer goods low inflation hurts them as they can not charge as much  It’s all about interest rates and companies ability to grow 

Spirited-Usual-3023

market didn’t priced in WMT CEO shit talking on London. IV was low as fuck in last few days.

PizzaMan22554

I missed WMT and XOM (there was a page 2! oops)

KeyLawfulness8761

> we will see continued higher inflation Some counterpoints to consider for this thesis. My view: 1. Broad strokes here but inflation will not really benefit old economy stocks as it will punish high capital intensity + high debt stocks that must rollover debt at high cost. 2. Inflation benefits those uniquely positioned to pass those costs onto consumers and those who are in a position to capture the lion's share of growth specific to their value chain. For example, I really do not see oil prices going up much further due to growing global capacity. For sake of argument let's say oil does creep up slowly. Then people really will drive less. People truly will fly less. They will however, not eat less. They will not stop spending on basic goods. Hence WMT, COST will win in an inflationary environment. People will not stop using META, they still need to upgrade AAPL eventually. If prices go up, Visa's revenue and profits will scale due to network assessment fees, whatever people end up spending instead of inflation item X, V still wins. I always felt the inflation = good for low moat old economy stocks to be a very dubious proposition. Does that mean old economy stocks won't produce steady returns? No, but the only way I see them outperform is a hard landing in which they simply lose less. But the upside is less too if things are actually not going to turn out dire.

PoweredbyBeans90

What made you buy puts on WMT?

Dangerous_GWSP

WMT 

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

short WMT to 66, at least. [https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1dna1zc/comment/la3hw4r/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1dna1zc/comment/la3hw4r/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Mordrim

Is your definition of mega cap stocks companies over 200 billion? I think you are missing a few companies that have 200b and have p/e under 30 like: XOM, WMT, TM, and LVMH. My personal favorite is still GOOG, however.

cocobizzounty

Great DD. Think about exec teams at AMZN SHOP WMT Stripe and now AAPL. Some of the most knowledgeable people about retail in the entire world. And they all partnered with AFRM. AMZN and SHOP took equity in AFRM. Perhaps they are seeing something that the market is still missing?? AAPL has come crawling back to AFRM and are finally unwinding their 2-year disaster with Goldman, who had no experience in this business. I bet the AAPL team wishes it had taken the same deal as AMZN and got equity in AFRM when they had the chance. The USD 1 billion potential incremental revenue from Apple Pay is only for e-commerce. The in-store opportunity, which they will surely roll out as soon as possible after, is 4x larger. Affirm is just scratching the surface there (where BNPL has >1% penetration vs 5% of ecom) with the Affirm Card and WMT self-checkout kiosk partnership. Apple Pay will give them access to its 60M users who will be able to use AFRM to pay at hundreds of thousands of merchants.

bigmeatbag

I knew those Stanley cups at Walmart were popular but I can't believe the NHL named their trophy after it, long WMT

KeyLawfulness8761

I look at the top holdings of Vanguard consumer staples ETF. Roughly 40%! of the ETF is COST, WMT, PG and KO all trading at historically high multiples. By your logic I should not even buy these?