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Walmart (WMT) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Walmart's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Oct 2025 reached 0.03%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at Walmart, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.05% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.03% (2024), against an average of 0.02%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales dropped -4bps in 2021 before it rose 4bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.02% in 2021, then tumbled by -151bps to 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 135bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 615bps to 0.03% in 2024, then increased by 19bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMT's Return on Sales are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025).