Credit Rating: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Company Background
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Industries served
Geographic areas served
Headquarters
Current CEO
Revenue
Profit
Employees
Main Competitors
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Retail (Discount department stores and warehouse stores)
Worldwide (10,942 stores in
27 countries) [1]
Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.
C. Douglas McMillon
$485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294
$16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over $15.918 billion
(2014) .
2.2 million (2014)
Costco Wholesale
Corporation, Dollar General
Corporation, Dollar Tree, Inc.,
Kohl's Corporation, Macy's
Inc, Sears Holdings
Corporation, Target
Corporation. and many other retailers/wholesale companies.
Executive summery
Wal-Mart, America's largest company and Ohio's sixth largest employer. with revenues last fiscal year of $485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294 billion (2014) and profits of more $16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over
$15.918 billion (2014) .
Wal-Mart Store’s Mission Statement:
People, Saving Money, Living a Better
Live
The Mission Statement and Purpose of
Wal-Mart (WMT)
Wal-Mart's advertised mission statement and its advertising slogan are the same:
"We save people money so they can live better." In addition to this mission statement, the company looks to its founder, Sam Walton for a company "purpose":
“If we work together, we’ll lower the cost of living for everyone…we’ll give the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to save and have a better life.”
Walmarts Finincial structure
Walmart (WMT) has a mix of debt and equity in its capital structure. The retailer’s (XRT) total debt, both short and long-term, is ~$56.6 billion. Its debt works out to 69.6% and 27.7% as a percentage of equity and total assets, respectively
Walmart is a blue-chip company.
Its debt is rated investment-grade.
The company’s long-term debt is rated AA by
Standard & Poor’s, or S&P, and Fitch. It’s rated Aa2 by Moody’s..
Walmart’s free cash flow yield is at 4.9%. It’s higher than other
Name
Logo
Industries served
Geographic areas served
Headquarters
Current CEO
Revenue
Profit
Employees
Main Competitors
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Retail (Discount department stores and warehouse stores)
Worldwide (10,942 stores in
27 countries) [1]
Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.
C. Douglas McMillon
$485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294
$16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over $15.918 billion
(2014) .
2.2 million (2014)
Costco Wholesale
Corporation, Dollar General
Corporation, Dollar Tree, Inc.,
Kohl's Corporation, Macy's
Inc, Sears Holdings
Corporation, Target
Corporation. and many other retailers/wholesale companies.
Executive summery
Wal-Mart, America's largest company and Ohio's sixth largest employer. with revenues last fiscal year of $485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294 billion (2014) and profits of more $16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over
$15.918 billion (2014) .
Wal-Mart Store’s Mission Statement:
People, Saving Money, Living a Better
Live
The Mission Statement and Purpose of
Wal-Mart (WMT)
Wal-Mart's advertised mission statement and its advertising slogan are the same:
"We save people money so they can live better." In addition to this mission statement, the company looks to its founder, Sam Walton for a company "purpose":
“If we work together, we’ll lower the cost of living for everyone…we’ll give the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to save and have a better life.”
Walmarts Finincial structure
Walmart (WMT) has a mix of debt and equity in its capital structure. The retailer’s (XRT) total debt, both short and long-term, is ~$56.6 billion. Its debt works out to 69.6% and 27.7% as a percentage of equity and total assets, respectively
Walmart is a blue-chip company.
Its debt is rated investment-grade.
The company’s long-term debt is rated AA by
Standard & Poor’s, or S&P, and Fitch. It’s rated Aa2 by Moody’s..
Walmart’s free cash flow yield is at 4.9%. It’s higher than other