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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market for Common Stock
The principal market on which Walmart's common stock is listed for trading is the New York Stock Exchange. The common stock trades under the symbol "WMT."
Holders of Record of Common Stock
As of March 13, 2024, there were 200,344 holders of record of Walmart's common stock, although there is a much larger number of beneficial owners.
Stock Performance Chart
This graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on Walmart's common stock during the five fiscal years ended through fiscal 2024 to the cumulative total returns on the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retailing Index (formerly named the S&P 500 Retailing Index) and the S&P 500 Index. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on February 1, 2019 in shares of our common stock and in each of the indices shown and assumes that all of the dividends were reinvested.
| *Assumes $100 Invested on February 1, 2019 Assumes Dividends Reinvested Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2024 |
| Fiscal Years Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walmart Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 120.27 | $ | 148.41 | $ | 148.47 | $ | 153.58 | $ | 177.30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Index | 100.00 | 121.68 | 142.67 | 175.90 | 161.45 | 195.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retailing Index | 100.00 | 117.54 | 166.19 | 180.56 | 147.66 | 190.67 |
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
From time to time, the Company repurchases shares of our common stock under share repurchase programs authorized by the Company's Board of Directors. All repurchases made during fiscal 2024 were made under the current $20.0 billion share repurchase program approved in November 2022, which has no expiration date or other restrictions limiting the period over which the Company can make repurchases. As of January 31, 2024, authorization for $16.5 billion of share repurchases remained under the share repurchase program. Any repurchased shares are constructively retired and returned to an unissued status.
Share repurchase activity under our share repurchase programs, on a trade date basis, for each month in the quarter ended January 31, 2024, was as follows:
| Fiscal Period | Total Number of Shares Repurchased**(1)** | Average Price Paid per Share (in dollars)****(1) | Total Number of Shares Repurchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs**(1)** | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Repurchased Under the Plans or Programs**(2)** (in billions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 1-30, 2023 | 5,340,951 | $ | 51.99 | 5,340,951 | $ | 17.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1-31, 2023 | 13,913,403 | 51.41 | 13,913,403 | 17.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1-31, 2024 | 10,211,025 | 53.62 | 10,211,025 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 29,465,379 | 29,465,379 |
(1) Share and per share information in this table has been adjusted to reflect the 3-for-1 common stock split effected on February 23, 2024. Refer to Note 1.
(2) Represents the approximate dollar value of shares that could have been repurchased under the current plan at the end of the month.
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