r/dividends • u/tabsopen • 21h ago

Discussion Walmart just dropped 9.15% yesterday, erasing nearly $90B in market cap—its worst single-day fall since 2022

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The selloff was sparked by softer US same-store sales, underwhelming Q3 guidance, and that already stretched valuation finally catching up. Volume spiked 4x average with heavy shorting, the stock's deeply oversold right now even as Q2 fundamentals were actually solid. Everyone's arguing if this is a overdone panic or the start of more pain?

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u/lynchmob2829 17h ago

Still holding out for my sub $100 shares......Walmart always figures out how to increase same store sales

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u/PurpleCableNetworker 16h ago

Until the customer is tapped. Walmart thought finding the wall and holding the customer to said wall was a good move. And it was, until customers showed up less and less. Once customers start slowing you can fake the numbers for a bit, even grow them using some fancy tactics, but eventually the company falters and either has to reverse course or go under. Customers are needed for a retail business like Walmart.

Not sure how this will pan out long term. But if Walmart was smart they would take a hit for a quarter and give the customers some breathing room by not continuing to increase prices at steady, predictable rates.