Walmart Q2 FY27: Comp Sales Miss Sinks Stock 8% Despite Beat
Walmart beat Wall Street's revenue and profit targets for its fiscal second quarter on Thursday, raised its full-year guidance, and watched its stock drop roughly 8% in premarket trading anyway. The reaction says more about what investors are pricing into the country's largest retailer than anything in the headline numbers.
For more on retail earnings, see our coverage of Walmart's earlier earnings preview , Lowe's Q2 earnings beat and Target's comp sales beat .
Key Takeaways Walmart's Q2 FY27 revenue of $187.9 billion beat the $186.77 billion consensus, and adjusted EPS of 81 cents topped the 74 cent estimate. Walmart U.S. comparable sales grew 2.6%, missing the 3.5% Wall Street had modeled,…
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