PLEASE I NEED HELP WITH MY HOMEWORK. SOMEONE HELP PLEASE History of the Compaomp

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PLEASE I NEED HELP WITH MY HOMEWORK. SOMEONE HELP PLEASE

History of the Compaomponns . Profile of Current Company .Products and Services produced . Competitors . Placement in industry Management Team Key Statistics for past 3 years o Revenues o Profit o Dividends paid and current yield o Stock price, appreciation over the past three years o PE - Price Earnings ratio o Market Capitalization o Total shares outstanding Paper should be 5 -7 pages long, size 12 font, 1" margins, graphs and charts should be included in an appendix. Paper is due the last day of class. Final Paper is 25% of overall grade. Recommended sources -Company Annual Report, Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, MarketWatch

Explanation / Answer

WALMART

History of the company –

The first Walmart store was opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas by Mr. Sam Walton’s whose strategy is built on unshakable foundation – the lowest prices anytime, anywhere. The Walmart stores expanded with company officially incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. as a public traded company in 1970. Walmart showed tremendous growth with its business operating world-wide having stores in UK, China, Canada, etc. In 2000s, Walmart started its operation online and on mobile phone. In 2002, Walmart tops the Fortune 500 list as America’s largest company. Walmart focuses on transforming the business to serves customers effectively. Customers are busier than ever, so Walmart focuses on innovating and leveraging technology to save them time as well as money.

Profile of Current Company –

Walmart operates over 11,700 stores under 65 banners in 28 countries employing 2.3 million associates around the world and have e-commerce websites.

Product and Services produced –

Walmart operating segments are –

Competitors –

Walmart being a retail company has its competitors as Amazon, Alibaba, Home Depot, Costco, Ebay, etc company which work on the same business model and are considered as retail giants.

People –

From the beginning, Sam Walton surrounded himself with the kind of people who had big ideas and weren't afraid to take risk and bring those ideas to life. Walmart has elevated and been guided by leaders like these, who constantly inspire us to achieve the next level of success. Presently, Walmart is under the management team as follows –

Doug McMillon – President and CEO of Walmart

Greg Foran – President and CEO, Walmart US

Judith Mckenna – President and CEO, Walmart International

John Furner – President and CEO, Sam’s Club

Marc Lore – President and CEO, Walmart E-commerce, US.

Walmart has invested $2.7 billion over two years in higher wages, education and training with 75% of the stores team are the hourly associates.

Financials –

Stock trading at $84.36 with current yield as 2.46% and P/E Ratio – 28.21 and market Capitalisation – 248,933,232,993

2018

2017

2016

Revenue (USD million)

500,343

485,873

482,130

Profits (USD million)

126,947

124,617

121,146

Dividend (USD)

2.04

2.00

1.96

EPS

3.28

4.38

4.57

Shares Outstanding (in millions)

3,010

3,112

3,217

Source - Walmart Website, Nasdaq.com and Financial.morningstart.com