Stock Analysis on Net

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Walmart Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Oct 31, 2025 Jul 31, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019
Consolidated net income (loss) 6,088 7,151 4,639 5,425 4,714 4,711 5,307 5,678 643 8,053 1,896 5,809 (1,767) 5,147 2,103 3,633 3,132 4,364 2,811 (2,008) 5,201 6,439 4,074 4,294 3,321 3,680 3,906
Depreciation and amortization 3,606 3,487 3,369 3,374 3,260 3,211 3,128 3,117 2,986 2,905 2,845 2,811 2,755 2,699 2,680 2,706 2,650 2,641 2,661 2,819 2,771 2,771 2,791 2,828 2,723 2,722 2,714
Investment (gains) and losses, net (2,057) (2,617) 551 224 135 1,158 (639) (835) 4,801 (3,835) 3,062 (3,928) 3,623 (1) 1,989 609 (1,188) 942 2,077 (1,706) (2,877) (3,223) (783) (975) (180) 52 (783)
(Gains) and losses on disposal of business operations 433 7,373 991 37 16 (1)
Asda pension contribution (1,036)
Deferred income taxes 759 1,627 (76) (390) (1) (346) 102 494 (1,105) 1,161 (725) 421 (83) 180 (69) 647 (1,017) (230) (155) 665 774 388 84 (254) 333 117 124
Loss on extinguishment of debt 2,410
Other operating activities 1,606 869 501 1,204 819 359 507 1,230 563 600 249 998 677 303 (59) 595 451 336 270 591 625 356 (51) 1,043 590 273 75
Receivables, net (1,723) (673) 268 289 (1,475) 234 (154) (126) (786) (261) 376 299 (933) 37 837 (954) (1,294) (376) 828 (1,251) (658) (101) 924 (507) (317) 8 970
Inventories (7,562) 148 (807) 6,445 (7,966) (705) (529) 9,338 (7,543) 376 (154) 8,480 (5,278) 969 (4,699) 899 (9,938) (1,238) (1,487) 5,865 (10,726) 245 2,221 7,258 (7,778) 641 (421)
Accounts payable 5,975 1,612 (310) (4,178) 6,240 953 213 (4,831) 4,347 2,028 971 (4,608) 3,636 1,187 (1,640) (2,386) 7,787 1,123 (1,004) (1,587) 7,501 2,235 (1,183) (3,199) 4,167 612 (1,854)
Accrued liabilities 2,347 2,174 (3,627) 1,186 603 3,239 (4,649) 2,971 (2,927) 3,079 (4,447) 3,039 3,793 2,510 (4,949) 2,126 690 2,592 (4,004) 2,827 368 3,537 (2,109) 1,293 550 (143) (1,514)
Accrued income taxes 61 (837) 903 (54) 232 (706) 963 (324) (166) (538) 560 (178) 35 (33) 49 15 185 (589) 428 (394) (46) (745) 1,049 (45) (54) (340) 346
Changes in certain assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions (902) 2,424 (3,573) 3,688 (2,366) 3,015 (4,156) 7,028 (7,075) 4,684 (2,694) 7,032 1,253 4,670 (10,402) (300) (2,570) 1,512 (5,239) 5,460 (3,561) 5,171 902 4,800 (3,432) 778 (2,473)
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 3,012 5,790 772 8,100 1,847 7,397 (1,058) 11,034 170 5,515 2,737 7,334 8,225 7,851 (5,861) 4,257 736 5,201 47 15,202 (1,277) 5,500 2,943 6,422 33 3,942 (343)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 9,100 12,941 5,411 13,525 6,561 12,108 4,249 16,712 813 13,568 4,633 13,143 6,458 12,998 (3,758) 7,890 3,868 9,565 2,858 13,194 3,924 11,939 7,017 10,716 3,354 7,622 3,563
Payments for property and equipment (7,218) (6,423) (4,986) (7,087) (6,189) (5,831) (4,676) (5,932) (5,458) (4,787) (4,429) (4,796) (4,569) (3,953) (3,539) (4,518) (3,569) (2,805) (2,214) (3,826) (2,869) (1,817) (1,752) (2,940) (2,894) (2,666) (2,205)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 28 16 25 74 66 220 72 87 30 86 47 44 54 37 35 104 114 104 72 116 16 23 60 103 90 86 42
Proceeds from disposal of certain strategic investments 24 775 267 3,664 149
Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired (1,896) (9) (10) (114) (18) (598) (111) (248) (5) (165) (10) (56)
Other investing activities (665) (474) (132) (76) (74) (257) 195 (68) (37) (339) (478) 5 248 (92) (456) 40 (477) (499) 7,992 146 (15) 21 6 (6) 343 (109) 1,084
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (7,831) (6,106) (5,093) (8,718) (2,533) (5,719) (4,409) (5,913) (5,465) (5,049) (4,860) (4,757) (4,381) (4,026) (4,558) (4,485) (3,932) (3,448) 5,850 (3,564) (2,873) (1,938) (1,696) (2,843) (2,461) (2,689) (1,135)
Net change in short-term borrowings 4,554 (1,762) 2,521 (468) 365 (2,270) 4,585 (9,071) 5,402 2,838 1,343 (6,485) (3,779) (765) 10,995 (35) (213) 303 138 (23) (123) (3,720) 3,542 (4,374) 1,282 (1,165) (399)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 3,983 4,967 72 4,969 6,945 1,472 42 3,978
Repayments of long-term debt (1,750) (875) (651) (1,243) (1,574) (4) (150) (2,279) (1,784) (1,250) (513) (926) (10,000) (2,500) (510) (1,250) (1,195) (2,937) (1,500) (43) (364)
Premiums paid to extinguish debt (2,317)
Dividends paid (1,875) (1,875) (1,880) (1,684) (1,668) (1,665) (1,671) (1,534) (1,534) (1,534) (1,538) (1,514) (1,519) (1,538) (1,543) (1,525) (1,536) (1,542) (1,549) (1,534) (1,524) (1,529) (1,529) (1,503) (1,509) (1,516) (1,520)
Purchase of Company stock (808) (1,645) (4,555) (1,445) (977) (1,013) (1,059) (1,497) (111) (485) (686) (1,212) (2,961) (3,339) (2,408) (2,419) (2,168) (2,391) (2,809) (1,439) (463) (723) (888) (1,122) (1,572) (2,135)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest (559) (5) (12) (545) (4) (214) (428) (16) (404) (6) (14) (358) (10) (66) (148) (148) (163) (96)
Sale of subsidiary stock 327 6 14 15 9 10 214 483 11 10 10 35 8 2,979 177 75 24 116
Purchase of noncontrolling interest (3,462) (827)
Other financing activities (140) (844) (61) (669) (449) (435) (617) (593) (483) (327) (845) 175 (885) (570) (838) (340) (238) (193) (744) (197) (327) (127) (725) (173) (157) (268) (310)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (19) (7,001) 8 (5,149) (2,728) (6,624) (321) (13,235) 3,130 (5,249) 1,940 (11,458) (4,181) (6,715) 5,315 (4,715) (6,554) (6,160) (5,399) (4,777) (3,526) (8,379) 565 (7,086) (1,682) (4,685) (846)
Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (30) 111 70 (290) (11) (346) 6 76 (154) (7) 154 258 (231) (149) 49 (22) (97) 30 (51) 405 (101) 346 (415) 97 100 (220) (46)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,220 (55) 396 (632) 1,289 (581) (475) (2,360) (1,676) 3,263 1,867 (2,814) (2,335) 2,108 (2,952) (1,332) (6,715) (13) 3,258 5,258 (2,576) 1,968 5,471 884 (689) 28 1,536

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30).


Net Income Trends
The consolidated net income exhibits considerable volatility across the reviewed quarters. Notable is a sharp decline in the quarter ending January 31, 2021, where the company reported a significant loss of 2,008 million USD, following relatively stable positive earnings. Subsequently, net income recovers, showing peaks such as 8,053 million USD by July 31, 2023, but also intermittent downturns including negative results around October 31, 2022. Overall, the net income pattern suggests episodic fluctuations possibly influenced by external or operational disruptions.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses reveal a gradual but consistent increase over time. Values rose from approximately 2,714 million USD in early 2019 to around 3,606 million USD by the last quarter available, indicating ongoing investment in long-term assets or acquisitions that contribute to asset base growth or capital expenditures.
Investment Gains and Losses
This item reflects significant volatility without a clear directional trend, with pronounced gains and losses occurring sporadically. There are instances of considerable losses around mid-2020 followed by large gains in mid-2021 and fluctuations thereafter, reflecting possibly varied outcomes from investment activities and market conditions.
Disposal of Business Operations
Gains from disposal of business operations are generally reported only intermittently, with a conspicuously large gain in the quarter ending January 31, 2021, reaching 7,373 million USD. This spike suggests a major divestiture occurred during this period, affecting the overall financial performance.
Operating Cash Flows
Net cash provided by operating activities shows strong seasonality and variability, with peaks typically seen in the first quarter of each year. There is an upward movement in peak values over the years, reaching upwards of 16,712 million USD by April 2023, demonstrating improving operational cash generation capability amidst fluctuating income levels.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities consistently reflects cash outflows each quarter, generally attributed to ongoing payments for property and equipment that have increased over time, from roughly 2,205 million USD in early 2019 to more than 7,218 million USD in late 2025. This indicates sustained capital expenditures supporting growth or maintenance of fixed assets.
Financing Activities
Net cash flows from financing activities display considerable variability, with periods of both cash inflows and outflows. Noteworthy is the issuance of long-term debt in some quarters offsetting repayments in others, as well as fluctuating levels of stock repurchases and dividends paid consistently around 1,500 to 1,800 million USD quarterly. The financing pattern suggests active capital structure management balancing debt, equity, and dividend policies over time.
Working Capital Components
Key working capital elements like receivables, inventories, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities exhibit significant quarter-to-quarter fluctuations, without establishing a stable trend. These variations imply dynamic inventory management, credit policies, and supplier or creditor relationships, which may be responsive to operational cycles or market conditions.
Other Significant Observations
There are occasional large one-time items such as the loss on extinguishment of debt and significant movements in deferred income taxes, reflecting financial restructuring impacts and tax-related adjustments. Additionally, cash flows related to acquisitions and disposals introduce variability in investing and financing cash flows, highlighting ongoing portfolio management activities.
Summary
Overall, the financial data depict a company with robust but volatile earnings and operational cash flows, undertaking continuous reinvestment and active capital restructuring. The fluctuations in net income and other financial indicators correspond with notable events such as disposals, acquisitions, and debt management actions. The sustained increase in depreciation and capital expenditures aligns with ongoing asset base expansion or modernization. The working capital amounts vary significantly, likely influenced by operational changes and market conditions. The company's financial management appears adaptive to changing circumstances with a focus on maintaining liquidity and investing in long-term growth.