WMT vs CVS vs TBBB Stock Comparison

Walmart, Cvs Health and Bbb Foods Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WMT Walmart Inc.
$119.89 +8.5% 1M +12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$956.71B
P/E
43.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$735.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Discount Stores Consumer Staples
5 wins
CVS CVS HEALTH Corp
$93.49 +8.9% 1M +15.3% 1Y
Market cap
$118.17B
P/E
24.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$415.09B
Div. yield
–
Managed Care Healthcare
1 win
TBBB Bbb Foods Inc
$58.47 +12.9% 1M +101.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.71B
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.09B
Div. yield
–
Discount Stores Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Walmart leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Walmart 5, Bbb Foods 5, Cvs Health 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWMTCVSTBBBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $956.71B $118.17B $6.71B WMT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 43.3x 24.2x 17.7x TBBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.8x 10.9x — CVS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.2% +7.4% +49.6% TBBB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 1.2% 7.5% TBBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.1% 5.0% — WMT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 3.7x — WMT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.2% +15.3% +101.6% TBBB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.4%/yr +1.3%/yr — WMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.6% 32.3% 44.0% WMT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 55/100 63/100 TBBB

Percentile Scorecard

WMTCVSTBBB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWMTCVSTBBB
Valuation 10 #36 of 40 92 #3 of 25 31 #28 of 40
Growth 43 #22 of 38 52 #12 of 24 97 #2 of 38
Profitability 75 #10 of 37 61 #10 of 24 61 #15 of 37
Financial Health 64 #15 of 40 16 #22 of 26 –
Shareholder Returns 44 #16 of 28 56 #8 of 17 –
Overall 47 55 63
  • WMT ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • CVS ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • TBBB ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWMTCVSTBBBSPY
1 month +8.5%+8.9%+12.9% -1.0%
3 months +9.5%-13.2%+45.2% +2.9%
6 months -7.7%+20.0%+56.9% +6.4%
Year to date +7.6%+17.8%+75.1% +11.4%
1 year +12.2%+15.3%+101.6% +13.1%
3 years +120.3%+35.6%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +30.1%+10.7%— +21.5%
5 years +142.4%+6.8%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +19.4%+1.3%— +10.9%
10 years +426.3%+7.0%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +18.1%+0.7%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureWMTCVSTBBBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.6%32.3%44.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3%34.5%41.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.100.150.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.460.472.31 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.0%-60.5%-29.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.7%-15.4%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $134.20$110.55$58.47 $779.14
52-week low $100.61$70.08$26.22 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWMTCVSTBBB
P/E now vs peer median 43.2xmedian 21.6x 24.5xmedian 24.5x 17.7xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.3x 1.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.9xmedian 9.7x 13.0xmedian 14.4x —median 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 70.4xmedian 17.8x 10.2xmedian 15.8x —median 17.8x
P/B now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 3.0x 1.5xmedian 2.5x —median 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.55median 1.06 1.35median 1.35 —median 1.06

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWMTCVSTBBB
Revenue $735.84B $415.09B $5.09B
Gross profit $185.66B $184.68B $833.04M
Operating income $32.28B $8.29B $341.21M
Net income $22.55B $4.93B $379.57M
Free cash flow $13.51B $11.76B –
EPS (diluted) $2.77 $3.80 $3.30
Cash & equivalents $11.53B $11.33B –
Total debt $191.72B $255.72B $311.79M
Shares (diluted) 7.98B 1.29B 115.02M
Enterprise value $913.14B $70.58B $5.86B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWMTCVSTBBB
P/E 43.2x 24.5x 17.7x
P/FCF 70.4x 10.2x –
P/Operating cash flow 22.2x 8.1x –
P/S 1.3x 0.3x 1.3x
P/B 9.1x 1.5x –
P/Tangible book 9.1x 2.2x –
EV/EBITDA 20.9x 13.0x –
EV/EBIT 30.7x 20.1x 19.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 0.4x 1.3x
EV/FCF 73.3x 14.2x –
EV/Operating cash flow 23.1x 11.3x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.55 1.35 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWMTCVSTBBB
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.2% 7.4% 49.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 7.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.6% 6.5% 51.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 11.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.4% -7.4% 1.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 8.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) 2.9% 8.6% 166.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.3% 18.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) 3.9% 6.5% 223.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 18.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.7% 95.3% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.3% -10.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.8% 146.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.1% -12.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWMTCVSTBBB
Gross margin 25.2% 44.5% 16.4%
EBITDA margin 6.4% 3.1% –
Operating margin 4.4% 2.0% 6.7%
Pretax margin 4.0% 1.4% 7.2%
Net margin 3.0% 1.2% 7.5%
FCF margin 1.8% 2.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 5.8% 3.6% –
Return on equity 21.9% 6.2% –
Return on assets 7.7% 1.9% –
Return on invested capital 16.1% 5.0% –
Return on capital employed 18.3% 5.0% –
Asset turnover 2.5x 1.6x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 3.0x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 4.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWMTCVSTBBB
Debt / assets 17.2% 24.2% –
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 3.7x –
Debt / FCF 3.7x 5.2x –
Liabilities / assets 64.4% 68.5% –
Equity / assets 35.6% 31.5% –
Interest coverage 17.4x 2.7x 3.5x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.9x –
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 6.26 2.46 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWMTCVSTBBB
Dividend yield 0.8% 2.9% –
Net buyback yield 0.7% -0.4% –
Shareholder yield 1.6% 2.5% –
Payout ratio (earnings) 34.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 57.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.3% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.0% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWMTCVSTBBB
Forward P/E 38.8xFY2026 10.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.09FY2026 $8.55FY2026 $-0.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.0%FY2026 +26.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +1.3% +2.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $719.70BFY2026 $426.79BFY2026 $5.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.9%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026 +27.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.4% -4.7% +33.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWMTCVSTBBB
Held by institutions 37.2% 89.1% 61.4%
Institutions holding 4,408 2,069 165
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.2% +3.5% +19.2%
Institutions buying 2,092 1,101 118
Institutions selling 1,838 730 32
Buyers to sellers 1.14 1.51 3.69

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WMTCVSTBBB
WMT 1.00 0.16 0.07
CVS 0.16 1.00 0.05
TBBB 0.07 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WMT, CVS and TBBB?

Walmart (WMT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Walmart (WMT) $956.71B, Cvs Health (CVS) $118.17B, Bbb Foods (TBBB) $6.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, WMT, CVS and TBBB?

Bbb Foods (TBBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Walmart (WMT) 43.3x, Cvs Health (CVS) 24.2x, Bbb Foods (TBBB) 17.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cvs Health (CVS) is cheapest (Walmart (WMT) 38.8x, Cvs Health (CVS) 10.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Bbb Foods (TBBB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Walmart (WMT) +6.2%, Cvs Health (CVS) +7.4%, Bbb Foods (TBBB) +49.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bbb Foods (TBBB) has the highest net margin (Walmart (WMT) 3.0%, Cvs Health (CVS) 1.2%, Bbb Foods (TBBB) 7.5%). On return on invested capital, Walmart (WMT) leads (Walmart (WMT) 16.1%, Cvs Health (CVS) 5.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bbb Foods (TBBB) returned the most: Walmart (WMT) +12.2%, Cvs Health (CVS) +15.3%, Bbb Foods (TBBB) +101.6%. Over five years, Walmart (WMT) compounded fastest (Walmart (WMT) +19.4%/yr, Cvs Health (CVS) +1.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Walmart (WMT) 0.01%, Cvs Health (CVS) 0.00%, Bbb Foods (TBBB) 0.00%. Cvs Health (CVS) and Bbb Foods (TBBB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Walmart (WMT) has been the steadiest (Walmart (WMT) 26.6%, Cvs Health (CVS) 32.3%, Bbb Foods (TBBB) 44.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WMT, CVS and TBBB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Walmart (WMT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.