Walmart Ownership | Who Owns Walmart?

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Walmart Ownership Summary

Walmart is owned by 23.45% institutional investors, 45.12% insiders, and 31.44% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.52% of WMT shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.73% of its assets in Walmart shares.

WMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Walmart	23.45%	45.12%	31.44%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	49.65%	5.67%	44.68%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	439.96M	5.52%	$49.02B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	349.56M	4.38%	$38.94B
Jpmorgan chase	115.43M	1.45%	$12.86B
Geode capital management	103.01M	1.29%	$11.43B
Morgan stanley	84.27M	1.06%	$9.39B
Norges bank	57.97M	0.73%	$6.46B
Fisher asset management	40.63M	0.51%	$4.53B
State farm mutual automobile insurance	38.99M	0.49%	$4.34B
Franklin resources	36.82M	0.46%	$4.10B
Goldman sachs group	33.59M	0.42%	$3.74B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Hexagon capital partners	2.29M	47.27%	$255.68M
Narus financial partners	1.38M	42.45%	$154.09M
Heritage oak wealth advisors	878.40K	36.25%	$98.07M
Tradelink capital	17.75K	15.82%	$1.98M
Bancfirst trust & investment management	326.62K	15.07%	$36.56M
Legacy capital wealth partners	522.88K	12.50%	$58.25M
Empirical capital management	170.00K	12.45%	$18.94M
New wave wealth advisors	280.89K	11.47%	$31.36M
Flp wealth management	3.23K	11.34%	$4.81M
Tlw wealth management	148.88K	9.57%	$16.59M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	57.97M	0.69%	57.97M
Jane street group	10.84M	0.18%	8.03M
Geode capital management	103.01M	0.71%	6.52M
Ubs group	23.72M	0.43%	5.45M
Capital investors	5.32M	0.09%	5.32M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Barclays	7.06M	0.19%	-6.08M
Bank of new york mellon	26.46M	0.53%	-2.85M
Ubs asset management americas	26.29M	0.62%	-2.10M
Alyeska investment group	-	-	-1.77M
Allianz asset management gmbh	3.75M	0.42%	-1.55M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	57.97M	0.69%	57.97M	$6.46B
Capital investors	5.32M	0.09%	5.32M	$592.85M
Cibc world markets	956.05K	0.51%	956.05K	$106.51M
Centerbook partners lp	214.99K	1.17%	214.99K	$23.95M
Sageguard financial group	205.49K	3.64%	205.49K	$22.89B

Sold Out

Holder	Change
One river asset management	-1.00
Northwest capital management	-4.00
Evergreen private wealth	-73.00
Family legacy financial solutions	-162.00
Corundum trust company	-197.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	3,406	-17.11%	1,869,568,791	-33.26%	23	1.90%	1,640	-17.75%	1,326	-13.78%
Sep 30, 2025	4,083	0.89%	2,797,137,006	4.63%	35	3.15%	1,990	3.32%	1,522	-6.57%
Jun 30, 2025	4,047	2.07%	2,673,397,321	-3.51%	33	2.80%	1,926	6.76%	1,629	-2.75%
Mar 31, 2025	3,965	-1.25%	2,770,624,933	-1.79%	34	2.80%	1,804	-8.33%	1,675	13.48%
Dec 31, 2024	4,015	12.53%	2,821,110,569	1.13%	35	2.91%	1,968	13.17%	1,476	8.13%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	138.15M	1.73%	396.31K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	111.71M	1.40%	696.71K
Invesco QQQ Trust	104.80M	1.31%	-165.29K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	55.87M	0.70%	11.39M
Fidelity 500 Index	55.46M	0.70%	23.36K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	52.19M	0.65%	642.11K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	51.87M	0.65%	-7.67K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	40.35M	0.51%	-13.65K
Vanguard Institutional Index I	25.03M	0.31%	-59.79K
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	24.08M	0.30%	-147.23K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 11, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$46.88M
Mar 09, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$165.55M
Mar 09, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$7.11M
Mar 11, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$122.92M
Mar 11, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$2.29M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	34
2025 Q4	-	33
2025 Q3	-	29
2025 Q2	-	36
2025 Q1	-	30

WMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Walmart?

Walmart shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 23.45%, followed by 45.12% insiders and 31.43% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Walmart's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 49.65%, which Walmart falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Walmart?

Walmart’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (439.96M shares, 5.52%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (349.56M shares, 4.38%), and Jpmorgan chase (115.43M shares, 1.45%). Together, they hold 11.35% of Walmart’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Walmart?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Walmart.

Who is Walmart’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Hexagon capital partners is Walmart’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 47.27% of its assets in 2.29M Walmart shares, valued at 255.68M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Walmart shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Walmart shares, with 1.73% of its total shares outstanding invested in 138.15M Walmart shares.

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