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Walmart Q2 Looks Credit Positive On FY Guidance Raise

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Aa2/AA/AA EUR 29s -1bp


Walmart Q2 looks strong with most metrics slightly ahead of consensus and a FY guidance upgrade for sent sales, op income and EPS. Cash flow is lower due to timings and inventory build-up though FCF was broadly in line with consensus and net debt is lower QoQ and YoY.


  • Q2 revenue +5% YoY cc (reported +0.5% vs. BBG consensus)
  • Q2 gross margin +43bps to 24.4% (vs. consensus of 24.16%)
  • Q2 adj-op income +7.2% (reported op income +1.1% vs. consensus)
  • Q2 OCF -10.8% USD 12.1bn looks short of the USD 13.8bn consensus, weighed upon by timing of certain payments and increased inventory purchases while Q2 FCF was -28.5% to USD 6.3bn against consensus of USD 6.2bn.
  • Total debt of USD 47bn from USD 50bn at Q1 and USD 50.4bn at Q224.



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