Walmart WMT Return on assets
Return on assets at other companies
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Walmart ’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Walmart ’s 10-Q, filed May 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Walmart 's return on assets?
- Walmart (WMT) reported return on assets of 8.2% in Q1 2026.
- How has Walmart 's return on assets changed year-over-year?
- Walmart 's return on assets increased by 13.0% year-over-year, from 7.3% to 8.2%.
- What is the long-term trend for Walmart 's return on assets?
- Over 3 years (2023 to 2026), Walmart 's return on assets has grown at a 17.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 19.5% to 31.7%.
- What does return on assets mean?
- How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
- How do you interpret return on assets?
- Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
- How does return on assets compare across companies?
- Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.