@Bunifa Latif：$Wal-Mart(WMT)$ $HSTECH(HSTECH)$ Walmart Inc. offers shopping opportunities in both retail stores and through e-commerce. The Company offers an assortment of merchandise and services at everyday low prices. The Company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam's Club. The Walmart U.S. segment is a merchandiser of consumer products. The Walmart International segment includes various formats divided into two categories: retail and wholesale. These categories consist of various formats, including supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs and cash & carry, as well as e-commerce through walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com and other sites. The Sam's Club segment is a membership-only warehouse club. Investment Overview Online sales and technology development to improve shopping experience. Walmart continues to focus on online sales expansion with its well-established delivery service network covering 70% households in the US, while Walmart is also expanding its GoLocal services via the cooperations with renowned platforms such as Home Depot and Cognery. Walmart's increasing efforts on emerging technologies, such as cryptocurrency and augmented reality, may also help to improve customers’ future shopping experience and support revenue in the longer run. Walmart’’s own ecosystem to be a key differentiator. To cope with market competition as well as changing customer behaviour, Walmart has expanded its businesses from grocery retailing and general merchandises to offering healthcare and financial services to customers. This expanding business model has gained trust from its customers and members, allowing it to diversify its revenue and profit sources. Near-term pressure on future growth. While Walmart's revenue and earnings growth have remained stable over the past five years, its future growth is expected to be relatively moderate vs. peers in the sector, given the market competition and the changing customer behaviour. However, with the improvement in supply-chain and staff management, Walmart could achieve better operating efficiency and margin growth over the medium-term. Rising competition; prolonged geopolitical uncertainties and inflation; slowdown in e-commerce growth; significant increase in capex to support e-commerce and technological advancement; etc. Market concern over earnings growth should be largely priced in after the result miss, while Walmart should remain focus on its price leadership as well as diversification of its customer base. However, its stock price may be hammered by the weakness in the macro economy and the tech industry. I would be cautious in investing in this at the moment. @TigerStars DYODD Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.
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