Walmart Ownership | Who Owns Walmart?

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Walmart Ownership Summary

Walmart is owned by 37.45% institutional investors, 44.85% insiders, and 17.70% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.52% of WMT shares. Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund, with 1.75% of its assets in Walmart shares.

WMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Walmart	37.45%	44.85%	17.70%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	52.39%	16.77%	30.84%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	86.54%	6.05%	7.41%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	439.96M	5.52%	$49.02B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	354.20M	4.44%	$40.12B
Vanguard capital management	286.35M	3.59%	$32.43B
State street	188.04M	2.36%	$21.30B
Invesco	148.46M	1.86%	$16.81B
Geode capital management	106.45M	1.34%	$12.00B
Jpmorgan chase	96.31M	1.21%	$11.04B
Morgan stanley	88.32M	1.11%	$10.00B
Bank of america corp /de/	65.82M	0.83%	$7.46B
Norges bank	57.42M	0.72%	$6.50B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Narus financial partners	1.34M	36.83%	$138.82M
Hexagon capital partners	2.15M	34.29%	$243.92M
Heritage oak wealth advisors	1.08M	34.26%	$112.56M
Churchill financial advisors	998.05K	20.32%	$103.72M
Uniting wealth partners	791.98K	18.21%	$89.70M
Miller wealth advisors	291.75K	14.29%	$39.89M
Flp wealth management	55.05K	11.09%	$6.23M
Tlw wealth management	140.65K	9.01%	$15.93M
Legacy capital wealth partners	416.78K	9.01%	$43.31M
Stack financial management	1.01M	8.97%	$114.96M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	57.42M	0.65%	57.42M
Invesco	148.46M	1.33%	45.89M
Sixth street partners management company	30.50M	0.46%	30.50M
Sg americas securities	12.67M	0.80%	9.48M
Assenagon asset management	11.52M	1.16%	7.49M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jpmorgan chase	96.31M	0.61%	-26.16M
Barclays	9.04M	0.20%	-7.56M
Nuveen	19.46M	0.53%	-4.53M
Bank of nova scotia	767.75K	0.13%	-3.49M
Aqr capital management	6.21M	0.25%	-3.33M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	57.42M	0.65%	57.42M	$6.50B
Sixth street partners management company	30.50M	0.46%	30.50M	$3.45B
Holocene advisors, lp	1.41M	0.36%	1.41M	$159.13M
Cibc world markets	956.05K	0.51%	956.05K	$106.51M
Heritage wealth advisors	375.06K	1.46%	375.06K	$42.48M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Northwest capital management	-4.00
Cresta advisors	-12.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-15.00
Nvest wealth strategies	-28.00
Sims investment management	-30.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	4,472	-1.82%	2,984,251,266	4.48%	37	2.92%	2,058	2.64%	1,835	-7.04%
Mar 31, 2026	4,420	-1.54%	2,699,504,185	-7.64%	33	2.52%	1,945	-12.23%	1,914	15.44%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	138.93M	1.75%	-393.97K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	139.20M	1.75%	-323.21K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	139.20M	1.75%	-323.21K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	117.06M	1.48%	585.19K
Invesco QQQ Trust	101.58M	1.28%	-165.64K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	59.38M	0.75%	-95.61K
Fidelity 500 Index	56.91M	0.72%	218.57K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	54.68M	0.69%	-
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	52.19M	0.65%	642.11K
Vanguard MStar Value Index Investor	41.69M	0.53%	-212.16K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 15, 2026	Furner John R.	President & CEO	Sell	$729.91K
Oct 15, 2026	Furner John R.	President & CEO	Sell	$852.99K
Oct 14, 2026	Watkins Latriece	Executive Vice President	Sell	$575.00K
Oct 15, 2026	Nicholas Christopher James	Executive Vice President	Sell	$192.52K
Oct 15, 2026	Nicholas Christopher James	Executive Vice President	Sell	$157.23K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q4	-	6
2026 Q3	-	11
2026 Q2	-	28
2026 Q1	-	40
2025 Q4	-	33

WMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Walmart?

Walmart shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 37.45%, followed by 44.85% insiders and 17.70% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Walmart's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 86.54%, 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 (354.2M shares, 4.44%), and Vanguard capital management (286.35M shares, 3.59%). Together, they hold 13.56% 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?

Narus financial partners is Walmart’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 36.83% of its assets in 1.34M Walmart shares, valued at 138.82M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Walmart shares?

Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund holder of Walmart shares, with 1.75% of its total shares outstanding invested in 138.93M Walmart shares.

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