Walmart has grown revenue 5.3% a year over three years and 5.4% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 17%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +5.3% (Discount Stores median +9.1%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +5.4%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +17%, earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders. Years of annual history on file: 19, FY2008 to FY2026, as filed.

WMTWalmart

Consumer Defensive

$111.36+8.1% 1Y

$111.36

$100.0152 weeks$134.20

Is it growing?

Mixed

Neither accelerating nor breaking down: revenue roughly flat (+6% year on year) and earnings roughly flat (+4% year on year).

3 neutral

Revenue trend+6% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +5% a year.

Earnings trend+4% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction+0.2 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 4.4% now against 4.2% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jul 31, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is WMT growing?

Walmart has grown revenue 5.3% a year over three years and 5.4% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 17%.

+5.3%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Discount Stores median +9.1% · steady growth, ahead of inflation · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +5.4%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +5.3% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +17%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +5.3% · earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders
Years of annual history on file: 19
Years of annual history on file · FY2008 to FY2026, as filed