WALM34 SAO Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Walmart Inc. · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores

Latest close 35.66 BRL
1.0% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 29.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.0%, after a -2.0% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 64/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 37 out of 100
Latest Close 35.66 BRL 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.0% latest completed week
4W Return -2.0% short-term follow-through
12W Return -14.0% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 73.1% 38 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 29.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.0%, after a -2.0% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul 7 Aug
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.2112-week average 0.50

12-week confirmation

Trend active1/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.21Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers33 reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. 3 reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -2.0% over four weeks, -14.0% over 12 weeks, and 1.6% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.0%
4W-2.0%
12W-14.0%
26W-15.5%
52W1.6%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year38
Trend breadth73.1%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.05Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change26.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-8.26Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change23.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

A published fundamentals and factor snapshot is not available for this company.

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No published fundamental snapshot is available for this company.

05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment64/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 23 relevant articles.

15 positive · 5 neutral · 3 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move-Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-18.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.9%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.5%Week of 5 Jun.
Worst week-9.1%Week of 20 Feb.
Latest week+1.0%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains1
Modest gains11
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses4
Recent vol3.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/25Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.7% / -2.8%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 202635.66 BRL1.0%38.96 BRL29.36 BRL-1.05-8.2683.1KOff
31 Jul 202635.30 BRL2.1%39.04 BRL29.24 BRL-1.10-12.37248.2KOff
24 Jul 202634.57 BRL-5.8%39.12 BRL29.11 BRL-1.21-12.65187.3KOff
17 Jul 202636.71 BRL0.9%39.27 BRL28.99 BRL-1.32-7.49129.4KOff
10 Jul 202636.38 BRL1.6%39.37 BRL28.85 BRL-1.43-10.7361.7KOff
3 Jul 202635.79 BRL-3.5%39.46 BRL28.71 BRL-1.40-10.6232.8KOff
26 Jun 202637.10 BRL-2.4%39.56 BRL28.58 BRL-1.35-7.0617.6KOff
19 Jun 202638.03 BRL-0.7%39.55 BRL28.44 BRL-1.33-2.291.4KOff
12 Jun 202638.31 BRL-1.4%39.46 BRL28.29 BRL-1.22-3.1627.6KOff
5 Jun 202638.84 BRL6.5%39.30 BRL28.15 BRL-1.00-0.6978.0KOff
29 May 202636.47 BRL-4.0%39.15 BRL27.99 BRL-0.84-9.45113.9KOff
22 May 202637.97 BRL-8.4%39.08 BRL27.86 BRL-0.63-7.38186.4KOn
15 May 202641.47 BRL3.1%39.00 BRL27.71 BRL-0.520.27132.7KOn
8 May 202640.21 BRL-0.8%38.82 BRL27.54 BRL-0.58-6.4990.9KOn
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.

Evidence context