Walmart Ownership | Who Owns Walmart?

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Walmart Ownership Summary

Walmart is owned by 33.82% institutional investors, 44.93% insiders, and 21.26% 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 1.75% of its assets in Walmart shares.

WMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Walmart	33.82%	44.93%	21.26%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.61%	17.46%	48.94%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	54.50%	6.03%	39.47%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	439.96M	5.52%	$49.02B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	353.09M	4.42%	$43.88B
State street	185.93M	2.33%	$23.15B
Jpmorgan chase	122.47M	1.53%	$15.13B
Geode capital management	105.86M	1.33%	$13.10B
Morgan stanley	85.91M	1.08%	$10.68B
Norges bank	57.97M	0.73%	$6.46B
Invesco	43.53M	0.55%	$5.41B
Northern trust	41.77M	0.52%	$5.19B
Fisher asset management	40.98M	0.51%	$5.09B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Narus financial partners	1.35M	43.90%	$167.53M
Hexagon capital partners	2.20M	40.04%	$273.63M
Heritage oak wealth advisors	1.07M	35.63%	$121.02M
Uniting wealth partners	801.01K	21.24%	$99.75M
Miller wealth advisors	291.75K	14.29%	$39.89M
Legacy capital wealth partners	491.11K	12.58%	$61.04M
Flp wealth management	55.05K	11.09%	$6.23M
Stack financial management	1.01M	9.21%	$125.33M
Coleford investment management	296.12K	9.04%	$36.87M
Tlw wealth management	140.65K	9.01%	$15.93M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	57.97M	0.69%	57.97M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	24.73M	0.78%	24.73M
Invesco	43.53M	0.83%	18.51M
Vanguard global advisers	9.57M	0.64%	9.57M
Barclays	16.60M	0.50%	9.53M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Millennium management	953.80K	0.05%	-39.82M
Qube research	-	-	-11.01M
Jane street group	294.84K	0.00%	-10.54M
Franklin resources	27.55M	0.84%	-9.27M
Fmr	31.78M	0.21%	-7.79M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	57.97M	0.69%	57.97M	$6.46B
Vanguard fiduciary trust	24.73M	0.78%	24.73M	$3.07B
Vanguard global advisers	9.57M	0.64%	9.57M	$1.19B
Vanguard asset management	6.71M	0.72%	6.71M	$834.06M
Vanguard investments australia	2.04M	0.74%	2.04M	$253.91M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Northwest capital management	-4.00
Cresta advisors	-12.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-15.00
Deane retirement strategies	-37.00
Alexis investment partners	-68.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Mar 31, 2025	3,965	-1.25%	2,770,624,933	-1.79%	34	2.80%	1,804	-8.33%	1,675	13.48%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	139.20M	1.75%	-323.21K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	113.88M	1.43%	-882.03K
Invesco QQQ Trust	103.55M	1.30%	-809.12K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	60.49M	0.76%	191.10K
Fidelity 500 Index	56.10M	0.70%	-78.16K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	52.96M	0.66%	-690.88K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	52.19M	0.65%	642.11K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	41.68M	0.52%	785.61K
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	24.77M	0.31%	138.15K
Vanguard Institutional Index I	23.78M	0.30%	-209.41K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jul 16, 2026	Nicholas Christopher James	Executive Vice President	Sell	$186.64K
Jul 16, 2026	Nicholas Christopher James	Executive Vice President	Sell	$144.36K
Jul 01, 2026	Bartlett Daniel J	Executive Vice President	Sell	$413.89K
Jun 18, 2026	Nicholas Christopher James	Executive Vice President	Sell	$342.75K
Jun 16, 2026	Walton Family Holdings Trust	-	Sell	$65.73M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	3
2026 Q2	-	28
2026 Q1	-	40
2025 Q4	-	33
2025 Q3	-	29

WMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Walmart?

Walmart shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 33.82%, followed by 44.93% insiders and 21.25% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Walmart's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 54.50%, 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 (353.09M shares, 4.42%), and State street (185.93M shares, 2.33%). Together, they hold 12.27% 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 43.90% of its assets in 1.35M Walmart shares, valued at 167.53M$.

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 1.75% of its total shares outstanding invested in 139.2M Walmart shares.

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